This is a paradigm shift in thinking about the way we design artificial cells, which will help accelerate research on applications in healthcare and beyond." To create the system, the team used ...

Within the sender cells are nanocontainers -- essentially artificial organelles -- whose ... this could pave the way for therapeutic applications with a view to treating diseases, for example ...

Lipid membranes, which form the outer layer of cells, can be engineered to influence cellular functions. For example, ...

These innovative DNA nanochannels may one day be applied in diverse scientific domains, ranging from biosensing and drug delivery applications to the creation of artificial cell networks capable ...

confirming its biosensor application potential. However, the durability of at least one month is essential for life science research utilizing artificial cell membranes and the practical ...

“The potential applications are vast. It’s like writing software but for biology, giving us new ways of giving instructions to a cell and guiding how they develop and behave with unprecedented ...

DNA nanorobots control artificial cell membranes, mimicking living cell ... and control synthetic cells for medical and therapeutic applications. DNA nanorobots can modify artificial cell ...

A completely artificial cell cannot reproduce but is less complex and only capable ... They also hope to explore their use in a wide range of applications, from meeting environmental challenges to ...

The lab has ambitious plans for application of these nanotubes. “Future developments include connecting two or more artificial cells with our DNA nanotubes and showing molecular transport among them.