Two researchers created a bacterium that not only uses the four natural bases, but also uses a pair of synthetic ones known as X and Y.
No, there's no way to create life from scratch. It doesn't get more science fictional (or pseudo-scientific) than creating life out of thin air, right? In doing … Scientists Have Created Synthetic Life From Scratch Creators say that the human-designed "minimal genome" bacterium is the "start of a new era" of synthetic biology. Scientists in Europe have created a “living embryo” in a laboratory using stem cells rather than egg or sperm cells in a controversial experiment that they say will create an “unlimited stock for medical research.”. While scientists are tinkering with creating life, when they do so they're still using things that already exist. However, it was created from chemicals and a cell. SCIENTISTS have created a living embryo in a laboratory without using either egg or sperm in ground-breaking but hugely controversial experiments. by Tom Chivers The United Kingdom’s Express newspaper quotes Maastricht University professor Nicholas Rivron, who said: “As you know, embryos are very precious, and it is impossible to use to test drugs … As an example, a creature called a Synthia was created in a lab.