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Do we have the ability to make single cellular lifeforms using similar building blocks?
by valianteffort 3y ago
Do we have the ability to make single cellular lifeforms using similar building blocks?
- wingspar 3y agoNot anywhere near. I’m just an interested observer, but the nearest is ‘synthetic life’ which takes existing cells and removes/reworks/replaces the existing dna. https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(21)00293-2 https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(21)00293-2 Even the cell membrane is fantastically complex. Keeping out the bad stuff and letting the good stuff in. While keeping the good stuff in and letting the bad stuff out.