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

University of Minnesota researchers created SpudCell, the first bottom-up synthetic cell that feeds, grows, replicates DNA and divides.

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 ...

From simple chemicals to a cell-like system that grows and reproduces, researchers have crossed a major milestone. The ...

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

The U of M has built the world’s first synthetic cell that can grow, divide and replicate, opening the door to new ...

Marking a breakthrough in biological engineering, researchers claim to have created the world’s first synthetic cells that ...

Scientists have engineered 'SpudCell,' a lab-made system from chemicals that mimics life's core functions like growth and division. While not fully alive due to reliance on external components, this ...

A patient-derived KDF1 mutation was found to impair enamel formation by disrupting cell adhesion and Hippo-YAP signaling in ...

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed what they describe as the world’s ...

In 1948, mathematician and Gaylord native Claude Shannon theorized that information could be transmitted using ones and zeros ...

Scientists have created the world’s first man-made cell that can eat, grow and reproduce. Called SpudCell, it is the work of ...