This cell-like structure can grow, feed, divide and compete. Researchers ponder what it means for the future of synthetic ...
Scientists at the University of Minnesota say they've made the first synthetic cell that can complete a life cycle, a major ...
A prototype cell partly capable of replicating itself has been created using 36 existing bacterial genes, but it's not really ...
From why it was created to whether it’s alive, here’s what to know about SpudCell, the latest advance in synthetic biology.
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed what they describe as the world’s ...
Female fertility depends on the successful growth and maturation of eggs (oocytes) within ovarian follicles. Within these ...
The cells made in Kate Adamala’s lab at the University of Minnesota are, in her own words, “wimpy” and “helpless”. They have ...