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Scientists build a cell from scratch: Synthetic organism can feed, grow, copy its DNA and divide

Scientists have built a synthetic cell from scratch in a world-first breakthrough that paves the way for creating entirely ...
Quanta Magazine

For the First Time, a Cell Built From Scratch Grows and Divides

Scientists built a synthetic cell that combines more lifelike properties than ever before — proof of concept that it’s possible to bring nonliving materials to life, or something close to it, in the ...
Frontiers

Relationships Between Diurnal Changes of Tongue Coating Microbiota and Intestinal Microbiota

The oral cavity and the intestine are the main distribution locations of human digestive bacteria. Exploring the relationships between the tongue coating and gut microbiota, the influence of the ...
Frontiers

Early Evolution of Transcription Systems and Divergence of Archaea and Bacteria

DNA template-dependent multi-subunit RNA polymerases (RNAPs) found in all three domains of life and some viruses are of the two-double-Ψ-β-barrel (DPBB) type. The 2-DPBB protein format is also found ...
Nature

Preparation and biomedical applications of programmable and multifunctional DNA nanoflowers

We describe a comprehensive protocol for the preparation of multifunctional DNA nanostructures termed nanoflowers (NFs), which are self-assembled from long DNA building blocks generated via ...