Scientists believe they will make synthetic life within two years

After successfully synthesizing artificial DNA strands from Baker's yeast using nothing but laboratory equipment and human ingenuity, scientists working as part of the so-called Synthetic Yeast Project (SC2.0) are now ready to move onto their next endeavor: The synthesis of artificial human DNA. Set to be released in just two years, the first artificial lifeforms that mimic the DNA found in nature and replicate it for biotechnology purposes could end up unleashing a cascade of human tampering with nature. Synthetic DNA, researchers say, can now be manufactured in the lab and swapped out with the natural DNA in living organisms, resulting in the creation of new synthetic organisms that can be programmed to do all sorts of things that they otherwise wouldn't do naturally. Though the team that worked on the Baker's yeast only synthesized 30 percent of the Baker's yeast DNA that it was working with, it won't be long until the entire DNA set is replicated and apportioned for use. And since this DNA closely resembles that of human DNA, the sky's the limit when it comes to the clinical potential of synthetic DNA.