It’s this inability to replicate that makes these programmable cyborg cells such an important breakthrough. In order for artificial cells to truly be useful, they need to be able to carry out ...

Scientists have been working for decades to create synthetic cells that mimic key functions of biological cells. The challenge has been to make the artificial cells dynamic, responsive, and ...

Rice lab pioneers an assembly kit for synthetic sense-and-respond circuits in human cells. Rice University bioengineers have ...

The transfer of this principle to artificial cells is a challenge in synthetic biology. Advances in DNA nanotechnology now offer promising solutions. They allow the creation of novel transport ...

The artificial beads are made of solid ... Molecular mechanism of the nuclear protein import cycle. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 8, 195–208 (2007). Strambio-De-Castillia, C., ...

The transfer of this principle to artificial cells is a challenge in synthetic biology. Advances in DNA nanotechnology now offer promising solutions. They allow the creation of novel transport ...

She works on engineering synthetic cells in the lab and on synthetic biology biosafety ... It is often the case that artificial or modified organisms struggle harder for survival compared to their ...

More information: Nao Yonezawa et al, Reconstruction of artificial nuclei with nuclear import activity in living mouse ...

DNA nanorobots control artificial cell membranes, mimicking living cell functions It creates transport channels in synthetic cells to enhance drug delivery Synthetic cells can replicate living ...

Scientists have developed a new kind of laser-based artificial neuron that mimics a biological nerve cell. This artificial neuron could boost high-speed computing and artificial intelligence (AI ...