Host cells.

[aman]

I know in cloning the life is in the host cell but the instructions are removed and replaced to build upon. I tried doing research on the components of a host cell once the DNA is removed and we are beginning to understand the chemical process of energy storage and usage leading up to replication.

If we took a snapshot of where these chemicals were at one instant and reproduced them in a separate tiny membrane bag and introduced DNA, would it be creating life? Maybe with a little electrical jolt to get it started or a presssure of excess ATP to get the chemical reactions going. I was just curious if we are getting that close.

Just aman

[Skye]

You might be able to get some protein expression happening but it wouldn't really be 'life', in a biological context, because I doubt it would replicate, metabolise, grow, etc.