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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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Case in point: Scientists from Tokyo University and Hokkaido University in Japan stumbled across some mysterious jet-black ...
Modern genetic research is “pushing the boundaries of what’s possible” by bringing extinct animals back to life, but could it ...