Scientists Made a Cell With Most of the Hallmarks of Life. Here’s What to Know.

From why it was created to whether it’s alive, here’s what to know about SpudCell, the latest advance in synthetic biology.
New Scientist on MSN

What is 'SpudCell'? Arguably the greatest bioengineering feat yet

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

Scientists just created the most lifelike cell ever made in a lab — here's what it could accomplish

SpudCell is a new cell-like platform that can feed, grow and divide like a normal cell — but it's not yet a perfect ...
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 ...

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 ...
The Economist

Scientists have built a cell from the ground up

Their bodies and their genomes were built in the lab from scratch, each molecule specified precisely. According to John Glass ...

World's first synthetic cell that can grow, divide and replicate created at U of M

The U of M has built the world’s first synthetic cell that can grow, divide and replicate, opening the door to new ...
Quanta Magazine

What Breaks a Cell’s Ribs Can Make It Stronger

The mechanical process of cell division exerts powerful, if microscopic, forces. How do the molecular machines that power it ...

Lipids and DNA nanostructures independently control artificial cell mechanics

What if the mechanical properties of a cell could be programmed like the components of a machine? Researchers at the ...