2010年5月21日,“美国生物学家克雷格·文特尔的研究团队率先合成出世界上首个人造细胞‘辛西娅’”的消息出现在世界各大媒体上。消息一出,世人震惊。不过,对于“辛西娅”算不算是一个人造细胞,科学家们是存在着争议的,因为“辛西娅”的染色体虽然是人工合成的,但细胞中像细胞质、细胞膜等其它 May 21, 2010, “The research team of American biologist Craig Venter took the lead in synthesizing the world’s first man-made cell Cynthia.” The news appeared in major media in the world. The news came out, the world was shocked. However, scientists are arguing that “Cynthia ” is not a man-made cell because “Cynthia” is a synthetic chromosome, but cells like cytoplasm, cell membrane and others