A tiny bubble of lipids, enzymes and DNA has done something biologists have chased for years: it carried out a full cycle of ...

Scientists have created a cell from scratch and believe they can engineer it, which would be a medical phenomenon.

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

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

A super-resolution image of SpudCell’s liposomes with an encapsulated genome and active protein expression. Photograph: Orion Venero/Adamala Lab A tiny blob in a dish has pushed one of biology’s ...

Scientists claim that for the first time in history, they have constructed a synthetic cell that feeds, grows, and replicates — just like a natural one — out of non-living chemical components. The ...

SpudCell is a synthetic cell made by scientists at the University of Minnesota. It’s a pared-down version of a living cell structure So is it alive?

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A new therapy has the potential to cure hundreds of diseases — and even reverse aging. Credit...Photo illustration by Kensuke Koike Supported by By Susan Dominus Why are babies born young? The most ...

Fish oil has long been praised as brain-boosting, but new research suggests the story may be more complicated. Scientists found that in people with repeated mild head injuries, a key omega-3 fatty ...

A simulated cell in the early stages of division. Left half shows cytoplasm (blue cubes), mRNA degradation machinery molecules (pink), and sugar transporters (brown). Right half adds the membrane ...