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

The dispute began last year after Krafton pushed out Unknown Worlds’ co-founders, Charlie Cleveland and Max McGuire, and its ...

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 chemical building blocks, scientists have created synthetic cells that have most of the hallmarks of life.

Their bodies and their genomes were built in the lab from scratch, each molecule specified precisely. According to John Glass ...