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 ...