U of M researchers create world's first synthetic cell
Assistant Professor of Genetics and Developmental Biology Stormy Chamberlain holds a tray of stem cells at the University of Connecticut`s (UConn) Stem Cell Institute at the UConn Health Center on August 27, 2010, in Farmington, Connecticut. UConn scientists and students have been recipients of federal grants for work using human embryonic stem cells and could be significantly affected by a federal court ruling that would limit funding for embryonic stem cell research.
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A team at the University of Minnesota has created the world’s first synthetic cell with a complete life cycle. The cell named "Spudcell," like Sputnik, the first artificial satellite, was built entirely from non-living chemical components.
MPR News host Clay Masters spoke with synthetic biologist at the U of M College of Biological Sciences, Kate Adamala about the Spudcell .
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