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

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

A group of University of Minnesota researchers have just effectively created something like life. It’s an artificial cell named after a potato. “This is likely the most exciting project I’ve ever ...

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Researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed what they describe as the world’s ...

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

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