Some say that computers cannot contain life is based on DNA. Just assuming that life would be DNA will bring an interesting topic.

The very core of the IBM Blue Gene project is to find out (trough simulation) how DNA reproduces, a process known as “Protein Folding”. This are expected to be completed before 2010.

When we can simulate the DNA reproduction process we are not far from simulating an entire cell, with every chemical process involved.

Is such a simulated cell alive or not?