The human-made cells show many hallmarks of life, but they can't make all their necessary internal structures or divide for ...

Synthetic SpudCell, built from chemicals alone, grew, divided, and evolved naturally - a milestone in creating programmable ...

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

A prototype cell partly capable of replicating itself has been created using 36 existing bacterial genes, but it's not really ...

Synthetic biologist Kate Adamala said the discovery is a ‘holy grail’ in engineering biology because engineered cells could ...