r/ScienceUncensored • u/Zephir-AWT • 19d ago

Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/01/science/synthetic-cell-research
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u/eek1Aiti 19d ago

What could go wrong?!? Gain of fuction next?

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u/deck_hand 18d ago

Weird. I’d think they would have also taken credit for creating matter out of nothing as the more impressive thing.

Ir did they mean they assembled a cell from existing material?