A tiny bubble of lipids, enzymes and DNA has done something biologists have chased for years: it carried out a full cycle of ...

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 ...

To reach that goal, researchers write known biology into the software. They provide the system anatomical structure and ...

Learn how SpudCell, a synthetic cell built from chemical parts, can grow, divide, copy its DNA, and bring life-like behavior ...

Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that feeds, grows and replicates like a natural cell, a ...

Scientists in a historic breakthrough have developed a first-ever synthetic cell capable of completing life cycle like a ...

When scientist J. Craig Venter and his team announced in 2010 that they had created the first cell controlled by a fully synthetic genome, it marked a turning point in how scientists think about life.

This non-promotional article is created and funded by AstraZeneca. Across autoimmune diseases, the consequences of immune-mediated inflammation can be profound. Inflammation can cause cumulative, ...

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The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences are hosting and sponsoring this year’s Vasculata, the national summer conference for ...