Synthetic living cells

Flames Synthetic living cells with lifelike features have been produced by scientists.

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employing small construction blocks made of viscous microdroplets containing live microorganisms.

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Scientists have tapped into the power of bacteria to create these cutting-edge synthetic cells that closely resemble the functions of natural cells.

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The structural and morphological changes to the bacteriogenic protocells were made by a series of chemical procedures.

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A cytoskeletal-like network of protein filaments and membrane-bound water vacuoles filled the inside of the droplet.

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The released bacterial DNA was compressed into a single structure resembling a nucleus.

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