Scientists have identified a molecular switch that may help explain how colorectal cancer becomes deadly. When levels of a ...
In a remarkable scientific breakthrough, University of Minnesota researchers unveiled SpudCell, a synthetic construct ...
SpudCell is a new cell-like platform that can feed, grow and divide like a normal cell — but it's not yet a perfect ...
A major transition in evolution is the shift from asexual to sexual reproduction in early organisms. But why would a yeast ...
Synthetic cell SpudCell, the first built from non-living components by University of Minnesota synthetic biologists Kate ...
A tiny bubble of lipids, enzymes and DNA has done something biologists have chased for years: it carried out a full cycle of ...
Teetering near endangered status, the starlet sea anemone produces “an ancient mechanism” for fighting viruses that ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...