The cellular life cycle, also called the cell cycle, includes many processes necessary for successful self-replication. Beyond carrying out the tasks of routine metabolism, the cell must duplicate ...

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., ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Our bodies are made up of around 75 billion cells. But what function does each individual cell perform and how greatly do a healthy person's cells differ from those of someone with a disease?

Scientists have built an artificial motor capable of mimicking ... such as transporting chemicals around the cell, information processing or reproduction. By replicating nature at the nanoscale ...