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Synthetic cell milestone stops short of creating life
Key Takeaways
- A prototype synthetic cell assembled from non-living components completed a full cell cycle.
- The system is not yet considered living because it cannot replicate indefinitely or evolve autonomously.
- Open-sourcing the project could accelerate work on minimal, better-understood cell systems.
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DT Editorial Team··via newscientist.com