Scientists have attempted to map the human cell since the first microscope was invented more than 400 years ago. But many components of the cell still remain uncharted. "We know each of the proteins ...

Self-reproduction is certainly one of the most important properties of biological cells (organisms). In previous work 1, the central role of ribosomes (ribosomal protein complexes) in cellular ...

Building a SynCell from molecular components is a staggering aim that involves a broad range of scientific challenges. However, the field is still in an explorative phase, and the approach and even ...

Life’s fundamental structure is the cell, and so the main things that a cell does — processing biomolecules, growing, replicating its genetic material and producing a new body — are considered ...