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SpudCell: Newest Breakthrough in Synthetic Biology (Featuring Kate Adamala)

Sep 30, 2026 · 38m

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Have you seen the headlines about SpudCell? It's the newest breakthrough in synthetic biology, a synthetic cell with some interesting properties, including cell division. Is it alive? What can we learn from it? Let's go over some basic information, and then talk to Kate Adamala, the researcher behind SpudCell to get some answers!Check out Kate's preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.01.735724v1.full.pdfLearn more about Biotic: https://biotic.org/Watch my other debunks/debates/discussions: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveDebunkGeneral Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveGenChemOrganic Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveOrgChemBiochemistry Tutorials:…