Scientists Just Created the First Ever Cell From Scratch

This is why science is the GOAT. I’m officially a super fan of SpudCell.

Scientists at the University of Minnesota just built a cell entirely from nonliving chemical components and then watched it grow, replicate its DNA, and divide. A complete cell cycle for the first time in history.

No one has ever gotten a synthetic cell to divide before. This news is making big waves in the scientific community in both directions. For example, the paper was submitted to the journal Cell, but was rejected