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 ...

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, ...

Scientists build a synthetic cell that grows, divides and replicates DNA using only non-living chemical components.

Long before fitness emerged as a trend, Anita Raj, the prominent actress of 1980s and 1990s had encouraged people in ...

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 ...

A comprehensive investigation by battery researcher Ziroth, involving over 20 independent battery experts, has produced what amounts to definitive proof that Donut Lab’s “miracle” solid-state battery ...

Cells have many important processes and biochemical pathways. But some cells can go rogue, and refuse to obey the rules of these processes. Scientists have now discovered a rogue group of immune cells ...