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

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

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

Inside every cell are lipid molecules that make up cellular membranes, helping organelles communicate and respond to stress.

Learn how SpudCell, a synthetic cell built from chemical parts, can grow, divide, copy its DNA, and bring life-like behavior ...

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 ...

Unlike accidental cell death, some cells can actively decide to die through a controlled process. This is called programmed ...

Scientists built a synthetic cell that combines more lifelike properties than ever before — proof of concept that it’s possible to bring nonliving materials to life, or something close to it, in the ...

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

Cancer arises when the normal controls on cell growth, differentiation and death are subverted. Under physiological conditions, cells proliferate only in response to external stimuli, replicate their ...

A video of SpudCell - a synthetic cell assembled entirely from non-living chemical components - containing both a genome and ...