Origin of Life: Synthetic Life

Were scientists able to “create” life?   In May 2010, a team of scientists led by Dr J. Craig Venter became the first to successfully create what was described as "synthetic life".   Dr. Venter is an American biotechnologist and businessman, known for many remarkable contributions in the field of genetics.  The experiment to create life was done by synthesizing a very long DNA molecule containing…

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Origin of Life: What Is Life

Introduction:  Has Darwinian evolution explained how life came into existence? Were scientists able to create a synthetic form of life from non-living things, like simple bacteria for example? Were scientists able to create DNA or RNA? Were scientists able to create required organic molecules in replicating the prebiotic earth conditions? Was science able to explain the origin of life? Was it formed in primordial…

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