Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that feeds, grows and replicates like a natural cell, a ...
From why it was created to whether it’s alive, here’s what to know about SpudCell, the latest advance in synthetic biology.
From chemical building blocks, scientists have created synthetic cells that have most of the hallmarks of life.
While many of life's mysteries remain unsolved, every biologist can describe the basic processes performed by a living organism, including energy use, reproduction, growth and development. While these ...
What if the mechanical properties of a cell could be programmed like the components of a machine? Researchers at the ...
The human-made cells show many hallmarks of life, but they can't make all their necessary internal structures or divide for ...
Researchers at the University of Tokyo have discovered that two fundamental modes of cellular deformation, stretching and bending, can be independently controlled using different molecular building ...
Their bodies and their genomes were built in the lab from scratch, each molecule specified precisely. According to John Glass ...