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Scientists catch bacteria sharing proteins to survive antibiotics

When antibiotics attack microbes, their stressed neighbors ship them proteins to help them survive, new work suggests.

Creating synthetic life in a lab? SpudCell falls short of the goal, but raises even more useful questions

Nature is beautiful, powerful and essential. But nature is not always gentle. The same biological world that gives rise to ...

Scientists move closer to creating 'life in a lab'

Spudcell built by university of minnesota scientists using non-living chemical parts, it can feed, grow, copy dna, divide & ...
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University of Minnesota researchers build SpudCell using nonliving chemicals

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed SpudCell, a synthetic cell-like system that mimics key life ...