summarize the possible importance of cell like structures produced in the laboratory??

Answer 1

There are primarily two major reasons why producing cell-like structures in the laboratory are of interest.

The first is largely historical. We will probably never be entirely certain exactly how life came into being on this planent. But even so, it does behoove us to discover what conditions are necessary, if only to learn where else other life might be found in the universe. This could prove critical as we explore more and more of it ourselves, and expose ourselves to the dangers (and wonders!) that a completely different lifeform might prove to be.

The second is largely industrial. Cells do lots of nifty things. Things we can't begin to do ourselves, but would certainly like to. Cells can purify substances on a molecular level. They can produce substances that can be found nowhere else. They can cause changes in materials both subtle and profound. If we could capture the essence of these particular activities, we may be able to not only do similar tasks, but do it better than evolved cells that have things like survival to worry about. This has almost unspeakable potential... indeed, cell-like structures are likely to be one of the only kind of nanomachines that are ever constructed, and probably one of the first and most versatile.