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

The cells made in Kate Adamala’s lab at the University of Minnesota are, in her own words, “wimpy” and “helpless”. They have ...

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 ...

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