Craig Venter creates synthetic life form

"Venter is creaking open the most profound door in humanity's history, potentially peeking into its destiny. He is not merely copying life artificially ... or modifying it radically by genetic engineering. He is going towards the role of a god: creating artificial life that could never have existed naturally."-Julian Savulescu, professor of practical ethics at Oxford University
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/may/20/craig-venter-synthetic-life-form