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Researchers at the University of Minnesota developed SpudCells, artificial cells that can undergo a few rounds of cell division by importing materials from the environment, using components from viruses and purified translation machinery.
A team led by Kate Adamala at the University of Minnesota has built a completely new cell, SpudCell, from non-living chemical components. It can grow, divide, and evolve—a milestone breakthrough in synthetic biology.
Scientists at the University of Minnesota have created SpudCells, synthetic cells that feed, grow, reproduce, and compete, marking a major advance in synthetic biology. The work is described in a 190-page preprint under journal review.
Scientists built a synthetic cell from scratch that grows, replicates DNA, and divides, marking a major step toward creating life from nonliving materials.
This article announces Tim Ferriss's podcast episode featuring Jacob Becraft, CEO of Strand Therapeutics, discussing the revolution in genetic medicine and programmable RNA therapies.
This paper presents a method to reduce the size of chemical reaction networks (CRNs) implementing probabilistic inference by leveraging factor graph reduction techniques, resulting in smaller CRNs while preserving belief propagation fixed points on surviving variables.
A new DNA synthesis method called Sidewinder dramatically reduces cost and time to build genetic sequences, enabling rapid construction of AI-designed genomes with high accuracy.
Colossal Biosciences successfully hatched 26 chickens using synthetic eggshells, a key step toward de-extinction of birds like the dodo and moa.
Researchers engineered a mutant connexin hemichannel pair that exclusively forms heterotypic gap junctions, enabling selective long-term modification of specific neural circuits.
GenCircuit-RL introduces a reinforcement learning framework with hierarchical verification rewards for genetic circuit design via code generation, achieving 14-16 percentage point improvement over binary rewards and presenting the SynBio-Reason benchmark of 4,753 circuits.
The article discusses growing concerns over AI tools' potential to design dangerous bioweapons, citing a recent Chinese study on conotoxin design as a flashpoint for debate between biosecurity risks and scientific benefits.
CU Boulder researchers have successfully sustained bioluminescence in algae using simple chemical solutions, enabling its integration into 3D-printed hydrogel structures for potential applications in robotics and environmental sensing.