Scientists Built an Almost-Living Cell From Scratch. It Could Show Us How Life First Emerged.
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Can one create a living cell artificially? A US biologist claims: yes. But its creation divides science.
BBC Inside Science - Are we one step closer to creating life in a lab? - BBC Sounds
Available for 34 days Synthetic biologist Kate Adamal and her team at the University of Minnesota published their research into the lab-created ‘SpudCell’ in a significant step towards building life from scratch. Science journalist, Kai Kupferschmidt, joins us to discuss the implications of this research, as well as the controversies. Nature reporter Lizzie Gibney tells us how science has helped us better understand the route that the famous Car…
Scientists from the University of Minnesota (USA) announced that they developed a system similar to a cell that seems to perform all the functions of life. SpudCell feeds, grows and then divides, generating more SpudCells that compete and change over generations. Read more (07/08/2026
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