Is it possible for world's scientists to creat a single living cell by chemical reactions?

Question

If yes, then can this single cell be developed into some form of a creature? Maybe this question is a fantasy, but still.....?

Answer 1

Yes, its been done, like 40 years ago. Amino acids and electrical current I believe. Don't remember the details however, look it up.

In theory once you have a living organism, that organism will adhere to evolutionary mechanics. But that takes YEARS (even among one celled organisms).

But a good example of evidence of evolutionary mechanics among simple organisms is the appearance of Super Bacteria which is resistant to traditional drugs and antibiotics.

Answer 2

Will come back.

I am back, there are answers that indicate it is already done.

My answer:

I say we are close to achieving it but we have not done it yet.

Major Gun Wrote:

In, 1953, two called scientists called Miller and Urey conducted an experiment in which they enclosed methane, hydrogen, water and ammonia in a special glass apparatus and subjected it to heat and energy (in the form of electrical sparks). After some time of continually cycling the system, they ended up with organic molecules like amino acids.

That is not the same as single cell animal.

We have achieved lots of things since then, examples:

Dolly the sheep.

In vitriol-fertilisation.
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You asked.

If yes, then can this single cell be developed into some form of a creature? Maybe this question is a fantasy, but still.....?

Answer to this "Q?"

If we achieve the first then it will be in itself first man made creature a single cell creature and it will mimic "Amoeba" in every ways.

Until then it is a fantasy.

Answer 3

In, 1953, two called scientists called Miller and Urey conducted an experiment in which they enclosed methane, hydrogen, water and ammonia in a special glass apparatus and subjected it to heat and energy (in the form of electrical sparks). After some time of continually cycling the system, they ended up with organic molecules like amino acids. Others have reproduced the same experiment with better results.... but that's the best they have gone.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller-Urey_experiment

Even non-life aggregations of organic molecules (viruses and prions) are so complex that scientists don't fully understand them. They can manipulate them, though, into other forms and strains by DNA replication. But that 's it: they can only create other strains of viruses from pre-existing viruses, not from scratch.

http://www.cdc.gov/OD/OC/MEDIA/pressrel/r051005.htm

Therefore, we cannot even START to talk about scientists creating single LIVING cells by chemical reactions, without them first synthesizing the "in-between life and non-life " viruses first. I think that it is something that will never happen.

Answer 4

Yes, it may be possible in the future with the application of nanotechnology and biotechnology to the cell biology. In order to create such a thing by the scientists, the reactions that are performed by whole body must be performed by a single cell. So, it may not be possible but thinking about it is a great thing. The protein structures must be modified and the nucleic acids must be arranged at an instance viz., complementary to each other.

Answer 5

no , not yet. bioengineering allows introducing some changes in cells but the creation of an organism from non organic materials is still beyond human technology.

Answer 6

Given enough chemicals, lab space, and funding, I am sure they can do it. Oooh, they will also need about a billion years. But they can do it.

Nature did not do it over night either.