First we were using stem cells to create blood in order to sustain life. Now we are creating life.

What’s next - the Universe!!!

A team of biologists and chemists is closing in on bringing non-living matter to life.

It’s not as Frankensteinian as it sounds. Instead, a lab led by Jack Szostak, a molecular biologist at Harvard Medical School, is building simple cell models that can almost be called life.

(Image: Creating life forms in the video game Spore)

Reference: Wired

Organs are next:

A study published early online in Blood showed for the first time how functional oxygen-carrying erythrocytes can be generated from human embryonic stem cells in large quantities. The technique seems to be an important first step towards producing an unlimited supply of disease-free blood.