Robert Karl Stonjek  wrote or quoted:

> Vision | Cells by Design
> The potential for synthetic biology | By Pamela Silver and Jeffrey Way
> 
> ? 2003 Nature Publishing Group
> 
> Synthetic biology is a new discipline based on the expectation of a
> revolution. In the future, bioengineers will create new organisms based on
> the same strategies that engineers use to design computer chips, bridges,
> and skyscrapers. Mathematical modeling will drive the design of useful,
> artificial organisms, instead of relying on the blind, trial-and-error
> methods of natural selection.

It sounds like artificial life rechristened.
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