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 at USC have developed a way to create a renewable supply of immune cell precursors that can be grown in large ...

When a human cell prepares to split into two daughter cells, it must first construct a tiny internal machine called the mitotic spindle—a structure of protein fibers that physically pulls chromosomes ...

What makes something alive? We simply don't know, but synthetic biologists are a step closer to providing an answer thanks to ...

Getting it over the finish line was a labor of love—and now, more than five years after her death, the lab of former Sloan ...

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

Our bodies are constantly deciding which cells should live and which should die through a process called apoptosis. This type ...

The airwaves are crackling this week with news of the first synthetic cell, constructed and cultured by researchers from the ...

University of Minnesota researchers created SpudCell, the first bottom-up synthetic cell that feeds, grows, replicates DNA and divides.

Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that can feed, grow and replicate like a natural cell. This breakthrough in synthetic biology could usher in an era of ...

The mechanical process of cell division exerts powerful, if microscopic, forces. How do the molecular machines that power it ...