Scientists have built a cell from scratch for the first time ...

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

Scientists have created the world’s first man-made cell that can eat, grow and reproduce. Called SpudCell, it is the work of ...

Scientists built SpudCell, a synthetic cell that grows, divides, and passes DNA to offspring from non-living parts.

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

Psychological stress may alter the gut microbiome, potentially accelerating the aging process in bone marrow stem cells, a ...

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

What if the mechanical properties of a cell could be programmed like the components of a machine? Researchers at the ...

Artificial cells assembled from lifeless chemical components have been created to ingest nutrients, grow, divide into two, ...

While many of life's mysteries remain unsolved, every biologist can describe the basic processes performed by a living organism, including energy use, reproduction, growth and development. While these ...

From chemical building blocks, scientists have created synthetic cells that have most of the hallmarks of life.

Scientists at the University of Minnesota have created synthetic cells that mimic essential behaviours of living cells, ...