What do you call an organism with no evolutionary ancestors? SpudCell, apparently ...

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

A tiny blob in a dish has pushed one of biology’s oldest questions into new territory: When does inanimate chemistry become ...

The synthetic cell, nicknamed SpudCell, that can take in nutrients, grow, copy its DNA and divide into daughter cells.

Marking a breakthrough in biological engineering, researchers claim to have created the world’s first synthetic cells that ...

For billions of years, cells have perfected their biological machinery for making proteins, sending signals, and responding to their environment. Now scientists are learning how to program some of ...

Scientists build a synthetic cell that grows, divides and replicates DNA using only non-living chemical components.

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

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

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 ...

Biomanufacturing workforce apprenticeship offers a curriculum and blueprint to the industry to help close the workforce shortage.

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