Scientists have created a cell from scratch and believe they can engineer it, which would be a medical phenomenon.

What do you call an organism with no evolutionary ancestors? SpudCell, apparently ...

Getting it over the finish line was a labor of love—and now, more than five years after her death, the lab of former Sloan ...

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

What makes something alive? We simply don't know, but synthetic biologists are a step closer to providing an answer thanks to ...

In this case, the gene encoding T7 RNA polymerase was added to the SpudCell genome, and it was made by those artificial cells ...

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 ...

Scientists from the University of Minnesota say they have created the first-ever synthetic cell built entirely from scratch, ...

Labroots and the Cell Biology Planning Committee are pleased to announce the 10th Annual Event in the Cell Biology Virtual Event Series 2026 on September 16th, 2026. This event provides an opportunity ...

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Before testing new therapies in animals, researchers now have a more efficient starting point—lab-grown canine muscle cells that can help identify what works and what doesn't. Developed at the Texas A ...