Holy shit! Researchers at U. of Minnesota just made an artificial cell from purified components that will feed, grow, replicate DNA, divide, and even evolve by natural selection. I just downloaded it; I'm about to start reading it.
If you are trying to write science fiction, and there's one science research paper you should read this year, this should probably be it.
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