Cells constantly shift and transform, triggering the complex choreography that shapes living organisms. Whether dividing into new cells or sculpting an embryo, these tiny movements rely on chemical ...

Creating artificial systems that mimic the functioning of cells is one of the goals of what is known as synthetic biology.

A team at the Center for Research in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Materials (CiQUS) at the University of Santiago de Compostela has developed a more flexible chemical strategy to create ...

Researchers introduces an innovative chemical strategy to create biomimetic structures with greater efficiency.

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it," goes the old adage, which Rice University professor James Chappell completely ignored in a ...

It has taken more than a decade, but scientists have finally reached a major step in the goal to create synthetic life in the lab. According to a new study led by a team from Macquarie University in ...

WASHINGTON — Scientists on Thursday reported that they had successfully created a partially synthetic bacterial cell, the latest step toward making life from scratch. Although the ultimate goal of ...