Scientists at the University of Missouri, which is a college in a state, just built a tiny fake cell called SpudCell out of 36 lab-made genes. Big whoop. I've been assembling functioning organisms out of basically inert people for 47 years — my cabinet meetings, believe me.
Now here's the catch. This SpudCell? Can't make its own energy. Sits there. Does nothing. Sounds like every Secretary of Transportation I ever hired, which by the way is Mitch McConnell's fault for reasons I won't get into.
Genes, folks — these are the little proteins in your DNA that carry oxygen to the ribosomes, which are the batteries. Any biologist will tell you that. I built 4,200 of them in a weekend once.
The Wright brothers had the same problem with their moon rocket.
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Based on the original article "Synthetic biology may finally be ready to solve life's biggest mystery".
