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University of Minnesota researchers created SpudCell, the first bottom-up synthetic cell that feeds, grows, replicates DNA and divides.

An announcement from our neighbors to the west was largely overlooked during the runup to the holiday weekend, but could have major implications for the future of science.

Synthetic cell SpudCell, the first built from non-living components by University of Minnesota synthetic biologists Kate ...

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

University of Minnesota researchers say "SpudCell" is the most life-like synthetic cell yet, able to grow, divide and pass ...

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

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