Reacción a "Scientists in the United States claim to have built a synthetic cell that can feed and reproduce"

I find the work technically sound and a significant technological advance, but it is by no means the creation of life in the laboratory—a claim that is clearly exaggerated. At no point is life created de novo. What is demonstrated is the ability to manually assemble, using preexisting biochemical components and cellular parts, a cell-like system that replicates some of its functions. In that sense, the study marks a milestone; but a milestone in biological engineering should not be confused with a milestone in the origin or creation of life.