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

Researchers have developed a way to program human cells to perform calculations and make autonomous decisions, similar to how ...

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 ...

A research team at Mahidol University, Thailand, has discovered that tosyl groups, long regarded as routine synthetic handles ...

We’re just beginning to decode this faint optical “signature of life” and what it could reveal about health, disease, and the ...