>>13431310>>13431322>>13431343>>13431350>>13431372In 2010 Craig Venter and colleagues created Mycoplasma mycoides strain JCVI-syn1.0 with a synthetic genome.
They even put a watermark on the genome.
Full disclosure: The genetic code is fully genetic and the organism has therefore been patented.
However they started with an existing cell, sucked out its code, injected their own and then let it make the synthetic mycoid.
This tech is 11 years old now.
