What they did is email genetic code to a machine, which constructed DNA and implanted that in a virus cell, after removing the old DNA. The synthetic DNA then reproduced and it’s reproductions also carried the synthetic DNA. The reproduction is the ‘life’ bit.
They’re calling it Cynthia.
Scientists Create First Synthetic Cell – WSJ.com.
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