From why it was created to whether it’s alive, here’s what to know about SpudCell, the latest advance in synthetic biology. By K. R. Callaway SpudCell is a synthetic cell made by scientists at the ...

A new class of microscopic machines is moving from theory into reality, and it could change how diseases are treated and how ...

SpudCell is a synthetic cell made by scientists at the University of Minnesota. It was created in a laboratory from lifeless chemicals but can perform most of the same functions as living cells. It ...

The SpudCell certainly resembles a living cell, but a key structure inside the cell falls short of the real thing ...

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