First-ever synthetic cell grows, divides, replicates and could revolutionize biology

A tiny bubble of lipids, enzymes and DNA has done something biologists have chased for years: it carried out a full cycle of ...
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For The First Time, Scientists Say They've Built a Synthetic Cell From Scratch

A video of SpudCell - a synthetic cell assembled entirely from non-living chemical components - containing both a genome and ...
Quanta Magazine

For the First Time, a Cell Built From Scratch Grows and Divides

Scientists built a synthetic cell that combines more lifelike properties than ever before — proof of concept that it’s possible to bring nonliving materials to life, or something close to it, in the ...

Scientists React to the Lab-Made, Yet Lifelike, SpudCell

This cell-like structure can grow, feed, divide and compete. Researchers ponder what it means for the future of synthetic ...