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submitted 10 months ago by Bebo@literature.cafe to c/science@lemmy.world

The engineering of artificial cells requires a reconfigurable cytoskeleton that can organize at distinct locations and dynamically modulate its structural and mechanical properties. This study combines peptide self-assembly with DNA programmability to realize a synthetic cytoskeleton in droplets showing that programmable peptide–DNA nanotechnology approach is a powerful platform towards the construction of functional, fully artificial cells.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-024-01509-w (open access)

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[-] witty_username@feddit.nl 0 points 10 months ago

Didn't Venter's lab do something like this already 10 ish years ago?

[-] meyotch@slrpnk.net 3 points 10 months ago

Not quite. I think you may be referring to their genome transplant. They used a natural cell and completely replaced the original genome with synthesized DNA. Whereas this project did not rely on existing cellular machinery.

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