What makes the human brain capable of language, imagination, mathematics and invention? For many years, the prevailing view ...
SpudCell is exciting scientists because it appears to bring several features of life together in one system. The researchers describe it as capable of feeding, growth, genome replication, genetically ...
Cece Calhoun ’21, medical director of Yale’s Sickle Cell Program, reflects on the challenges of building teams and structures ...
In an interview, synthetic biologist Peter Carr explains research on synthetic cells, their potential benefits and hazards, ...
SpudCell is a new cell-like platform that can feed, grow and divide like a normal cell — but it's not yet a perfect ...
Few areas of medicine generate as much fascination, hope, hype, and confusion as genetics. Just over two decades ago, ...
Scientists have created a cell from scratch and believe they can engineer it, which would be a medical phenomenon.
The human-made cells show many hallmarks of life, but they can't make all their necessary internal structures or divide for ...
Synthetic biologist Kate Adamala said the discovery is a “holy grail” in engineering biology because engineered cells could ...
Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that can feed, grow and replicate like a natural cell.
Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that feeds, grows and replicates like a natural cell, a ...
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 ...