Synthetic organisms: are we going a step too far?

As reported by many information sources (and among them please see the Wall Street Journal at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703559004575256470152341984.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLETopStories and the Unwanted blog at http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=6143 , Jimmy Rogers -http://twitter.com/loyaleagle- at Geeks are sexy http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/05/23/science-is-sexy-whats-the-big-deal-about-synthetic-life/ and at Gizmodo http://gizmodo.com/5543774/immaculate-creation-birth-of-the-first-synthetic-cell), scientists createted the first synthetic organism through DNA recomposition.

Is not a modification of an existing DNA; is a brand new one.

While on one side is really a breakthrough and an opportunity, I fear that we are going a step beyond what nature intended to have.

There are so many variables and factors to consider, that I wonder how we can manage them.

This post also as a comment at http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=6143#comment-10800 , at http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/05/23/science-is-sexy-whats-the-big-deal-about-synthetic-life/#comment-253221 and at http://gizmodo.com/5543774/immaculate-creation-birth-of-the-first-synthetic-cell