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World-First Working Eukaryotic Cell Made From Plastic

Posted by samzenpus on from the I-prefer-real-cells dept.

Zothecula writes "Previously, chemists have managed to create artificial cell walls and developed synthetic DNA to produce self-replicating, synthetic bacterial cells. Now, for the first time, researchers have used polymers to produce an artificial eukaryotic cell capable of undertaking multiple chemical reactions through working organelles."

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  1. Not a cell by sandertje · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Without their creation being able to replicate, it is essentially not a cell. All they've done now is having made a compartmentalized catalyst.

  2. i guess we're working our way backwards. by nimbius · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Thats nothing. we've created an entire marine organism made of plastic. we track its age (it was born in 1988) and migratory habits throughout the seasons. we also monitor its feeding patterns and chart its growth too. remarkably enough it has almost no known predator, but seems enirely peaceful.

    it might not really be alive but...i want to believe.

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