Getting closer to playing God

Researchers at Rockerfeller University have created an "almost" biological cell. Quote:
Their creations, small synthetic vesicles that can process (express) genes, resemble a crude kind of biological cell.
End Quote
Nice going guys. I just hope there are enough precautions to keep the cells, whenever they get that far, from naturally mutating to dangers to currently living organisms, man included. The last paragraph says much:
Quote:
He said: "If you take our system out of its environment, it just doesn't function."
End Quote
Let's hope that's right but usually "life finds a way" (from the movie Jurassic Park) to keep living.
Tip: Ilachina