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

Tiny, quivering spheres designed to feed and multiply raise prospect of artificial organisms to make drugs, food and fuel ...

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

Created from 150 components, including lipids, ribosomes, enzymes, and DNA, in the lab. At the core of the design are 36 ...

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have used induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) to grow specialized blood vessel cells critical to retinal health for the first time. When injected into mouse ...

The breakthrough shows promise for new eye therapies, say American scientists. Biomedical engineers at Duke University, North ...

For nearly half a century, scientists have known that malaria parasites force their way into human red blood cells through a ring-shaped structure called the moving junction. What no one could work ...

In the earliest stages of life, mammalian embryos start as a disorganized cluster of cells. As development progresses, these cells become organized into well-defined shapes and structures. This ...

Scientists say they have developed the world's first synthetic cell with a complete life cycle, built entirely from ...

How does a single cell build a brain with billions of precisely organized neurons? Researchers suggest that brain cells use ...

Blind people could one day regain their sight after lab-grown cells restored retinal function in mice, according to a ...

A new form of CAR T-cell therapy has been designed to find and destroy the cancer-driving stem cells responsible for a group of blood cancers known as myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs), while ...