Not so, obb -- my understanding is this marvel was accomplished by using a living molecular base for some super-added components. [Voila!!! Polio!] So far as I am aware, there have been no successful experiments in manufacturing a living system entirely from non-living matter.
I'd love to continue with the rest of your responses; but my lunch hour is about over, and I must get back to work.
Maybe later. Thanks for your reply!
> my understanding is this marvel was accomplished by using a living molecular base for some super-added components.
http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/articles/07_02/polio_create.shtml
"To create the virus, the researchers first assembled single nucleotide bases into DNA based on the virus' known genetic sequence. An enzyme then transcribed the DNA into the single-stranded RNA genome. The virus could then replicate itself naturally."
And from:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/science/2003-11-13-new-life-usat_x.htm
"But the questions ethicists have raised about such work are numerous: Should we be playing God?"
Somebody has to!
(2 points to whoever gets the reference...)