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No, this is not technically possible. Cells are simply to complex to just build using humanity's current level of technology. The closest thing we have done is
by jakobnissen 3y ago
No, this is not technically possible. Cells are simply to complex to just build using humanity's current level of technology.
The closest thing we have done is to fully synthesize a bacterium's genome, remove the genome from a bacterial cell, then transplant the synthetic genome into the cell and have the cell survive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycoplasma_laboratorium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycoplasma_laboratorium
That's insanely cool, but very far from what you are asking. An analogy: We have re-installed the operating system of an existing computer, when you are asking whether we can manufacture a computer.