LOS ANGELES -- In a major step toward the creation of artificial life, researchers announced Thursday that they had inserted DNA synthesized ... having it control a cell can be done, paving ...

Their ports of entry are sophisticated transport channels embedded in a cell's protective membrane. Regulating what kinds of cargo can pass through ... and construction of artificial membrane ...

Scientists are reporting that they have made a living cell from DNA that was originally synthesized in a lab ... That means you can't copy a whole genome -- you have to do it in parts.

“It’s very powerful to be able to reconstruct and own every letter in a genome because that means you can put ... over the host cell’s operation. Last year, his team synthesized a piece ...

To help solve this problem, my research group has built designer artificial cells on a chip the size of a postage stamp. These artificial cells mimic how cells degrade during cancer. This makes it ...

Most often such materials are artificially synthesized from collagen ... division and migration of human embryonic cells. This suggests that it can be considered a promising replacement for ...