‘Beautiful blobs’: synthetic life a step closer as scientists make cells using lab-made DNA
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"‘Beautiful blobs’: synthetic life a step closer as scientists make cells using lab-made DNA" is generating significant coverage in the Science category, with 4 articles from 4 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
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Coverage (7)
- SpudCell: Have scientists really made a living cell from scratch? Not quite New Scientist · 74d ago
- 'Just the beginning': Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time WCVB · 74d ago
- World’s first synthetic cell with a complete life cycle could revolutionize biological engineering University of Minnesota Twin Cities · 74d ago
- Scientists unveil synthetic cells to power low-carbon factories Financial Times · 74d ago
- Scientists have built a cell from the ground up The Economist · 74d ago
- Synthetic biology researchers think they’ve made a cell. Is it alive? statnews.com · 74d ago
- This Cell Feeds, Grows and Reproduces. And It’s Manmade. The New York Times · 74d ago
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