Get the latest tech news

Scientists Made a Cell From Scratch For First Time


AleRunner writes: The first fully synthetic cell ("SpudCell") has been created in the Department of Genetics at the University of Minnesota. Strictly speaking, it's described as a "cell-like system constructed entirely from known chemical components that can perform a complete cell cycle." It is ab...

None

Get the Android app

Or read this on Slashdot

Read more on:

Photo of Scratch

Scratch

Photo of Scientists

Scientists

Photo of Time

Time

Related news:

News photo

T-Mobile and Umbro are dropping an exclusive soccer jersey just in time for the World Cup finals

News photo

For first time, a cell built from scratch grows and divides

News photo

Scientists discover an unexpected way to make pancreatic cancer cells self-destruct