Creating Artificial Life is not far

Scientists have discovered a more efficient way to build a synthetic genome that could one day enable them to create artificial life, says a new study. The method is already being used to help develop next generation bio-fuels and bio-chemicals in the laboratories.
Artificially engineered life is a Holy Grail of science, but also stirs deep fears. Dr. Craig Venter has hailed artificial life forms as a potential remedy to illness and global warming, but the prospect is highly controversial and arouses heated debate over its potential ramifications and the ethics of engineering artificial life.