UCSF researchers are using tiny "mini-organs" to model disease, personalize treatment, and understand human development. They ...

Horseshoe crabs have roamed Earth's oceans for hundreds of millions of years, and their secrets go far deeper than a ...

The lab-made cell can grow, copy its DNA, and divide but cannot survive independently or be considered fully alive, ...

FAIRMONT — Teaching encompasses everything Fairmont Senior High science teacher Allison Ralston is passionate about.  "I get to be really hands on and in-depth with science topics ranging all the way ...

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

In a study published in Science, USC researchers paired a biological discovery with an engineering feat to create more ...

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

Scientists have created the most advanced synthetic cell yet made in a laboratory. They've dubbed it "Spudcell," echoing Sputnik, the first artificial satellite.

A prototype cell partly capable of replicating itself has been created using 36 existing bacterial genes, but it's not really ...

A super-resolution image of SpudCell’s liposomes with an encapsulated genome and active protein expression. Photograph: Orion Venero/Adamala Lab A tiny blob in a dish has pushed one of biology’s ...

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

Their bodies and their genomes were built in the lab from scratch, each molecule specified precisely. According to John Glass ...