"Apparently our scientific knowledge is still too limited and / or technology isn't quite up to the task yet. "

But you are saying THIS HAPPENED ALL BY ITSELF. Why would we need super advanced technology to create cell that suppossedly binded by itself with the help of nothing and no one ? If that was the case reproducing this effect with our current technology should be cake , however , it isn't, in fact , to this day it's not even possible. Think about what your saying.