Three proteins help organs tailor shared circadian clock to their individual needs, mouse study finds

LMU researchers have elucidated how different organs adapt the same clock machinery to regulate their individual needs over ...
CBS News

University of Minnesota scientists create first synthetic cell that can complete a life cycle

Scientists at the University of Minnesota say they've made the first synthetic cell that can complete a life cycle, a major breakthrough that could lead to innovation in the medicine and engineering ...
Ars Technica

Artificial cell manages a few rounds of cell division

Understanding the origin of life requires addressing a collection of overlapping scientific questions. We’ve made a lot of progress toward explaining how simple chemicals present on an early Earth ...
Interesting Engineering

Scientists build synthetic cell that grows, divides and passes DNA to offspring

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed what they describe as the world’s first synthetic cell capable of completing a full life cycle, marking a milestone in efforts to build living ...
The New York Times

Scientists Made a Cell With Most of the Hallmarks of Life. Here’s What to Know.

From why it was created to whether it’s alive, here’s what to know about SpudCell, the latest advance in synthetic biology. By K. R. Callaway SpudCell is a synthetic cell made by scientists at the ...
CNN

Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time

Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that can feed, grow and replicate like a natural cell. This breakthrough in synthetic biology could usher in an era of ...
quantamagazine.org

For the First Time, a Cell Built From Scratch Grows and Divides

For the very first time, biologists packed nonliving components into a cell-like membrane, piece by piece, and witnessed the bag of molecules start to behave like life. The lab-made synthetic cell ...
The New York Times

This Cell Feeds, Grows and Reproduces. And It’s Manmade.

Scientists have long dreamed of discovering the alchemy by which chemicals can be turned into life. On Wednesday, a team at the University of Minnesota announced that it had taken a major step toward ...
blog.lib.umn.edu

World’s first synthetic cell with a complete life cycle could revolutionize biological engineering

Fluorescent microscopy of SpudCell - a synthetic cell assembled entirely from non-living chemical components - undergoing division. Credit: Kate Adamala, Adamala Lab Share this story While many of the ...
quantamagazine.org

What Breaks a Cell’s Ribs Can Make It Stronger

The cells of animals, plants, and fungi start their lives by being torn apart. Cells are born by division, and just before a parent cell becomes two daughters, it doubles its nuclear DNA and carefully ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Ten-Year Outcomes after CAR T-Cell Therapy for B-Cell Lymphomas

Anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy is a standard treatment for relapsed or refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas. Long-term results and curative potential remain uncertain. We ...