SpudCell is a new cell-like platform that can feed, grow and divide like a normal cell — but it's not yet a perfect ...

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

(STEVE GSCHMEISSNER/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) Scientists may have found a way to destroy cancer cells without ...

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

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

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 ...

When injected into mice with retinal disease, the special retinal blood cells integrated into the damaged tissue to ...

University of Minnesota researchers say "SpudCell" is the most life-like synthetic cell yet, able to grow, divide and pass ...

While many of life's mysteries remain unsolved, every biologist can describe the basic processes performed by a living organism, including energy use, reproduction, growth and development. While these ...

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 ...

Created from 150 components, including lipids, ribosomes, enzymes, and DNA, in the lab. At the core of the design are 36 ...

This cell-like structure can grow, feed, divide and compete. Researchers ponder what it means for the future of synthetic ...