What I think you're alluding to is something like this: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/may/20/craig-venter-synthetic-life-form http://www.guardian.co.u

What I think you're alluding to is something like this: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/may/20/craig-venter-synthetic-life-form http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/may/20/craig-venter-s... I haven't been following the progress for the past year and a half or so, but it was state of the art then. Long story short, we're not synthesizing de-novo babies any time soon! Well, at least not in the lab.