A prototype cell partly capable of replicating itself has been created using 36 existing bacterial genes, but it's not really ...

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

The human-made cells show many hallmarks of life, but they can't make all their necessary internal structures or divide for ...

For centuries, humanity has wrestled with a profound question: what truly separates non-living matter from actual, breathing ...

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

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 ...

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Artificial cells assembled from lifeless chemical components have been created to ingest nutrients, grow, divide into two, ...

A Korean research team has developed a new viral vector technology that significantly improves the production efficiency of next-generation cell and gene therapies known as CAR immune cell therapies, ...

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

Engineered tissue grafts could help perform key liver functions and benefit thousands of people living with liver failure.

A new review was published in Volume 18 of Aging on May 30, 2026, titled "The love and hate relationship between cellular ...