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I'm excited - Firstly by the news that it has been shown that life can indeed self-assemble from a chemical 'soup' and more so by the notion of designing cells that could be used to solve everyday problems in highly efficient and more organic ways
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I agree with the latter, but not necessarily with the former. The chemical 'soup' that we're thinking of is a set of already-complex and semi-ordered molecules. Even if science could manage to get these primitive cells to self-replicate, this new discovery in no way lets us claim that life can arise spontaneously from random components, since the alleged soup had an intelligent scientist choosing a specific chemical composition. Of course, if this is not what zen_tom meant in making this statement, then I'll just sit down and be quiet.
As to the designer cells.....that would be excellent. It would be a great opportunity to learn much about life and its complexity.