A prototype cell partly capable of replicating itself has been created using 36 existing bacterial genes, but it's not really a living organism – yet ...

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Alzheimer's disease is a progressive and permanent loss of nerve cells in the brain. The breakdown causes memory loss, ...

A Korean research team has developed a new viral vector technology that significantly improves the production efficiency of ...

From chemical building blocks, scientists have created synthetic cells that have most of the hallmarks of life.

Researchers tested experimental PCAI compounds against pancreatic cancer cells and found they had powerful anticancer effects. One leading compound blocked more than 90% of cancer cell migration, ...

Engineered tissue grafts could help perform key liver functions and benefit thousands of people living with liver failure.

Their bodies and their genomes were built in the lab from scratch, each molecule specified precisely. According to John Glass ...

Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that feeds, grows and replicates like a natural cell, a ...

Every year, bacteria kill more than a million people worldwide through infections that no longer respond to antibiotics. In ...

A new review was published in Volume 18 of Aging on May 30, 2026, titled "The love and hate relationship between cellular ...