Artificial Cells Created that Change Shape and Move On their Own

Artificial Cells Created that Change Shape and Move On their Own | Singularity Hub: "In the future, tiny machines may swim through our bloodstream repairing damage, attacking invaders, or taking real-time readings. We might even model such machines on biology. But biological cells are incredibly complex microscopic machines—and the truth is, we’re only just now beginning to understand exactly how they work.



One way to better understand how something works is to build a copy.

In a recent paper in the journal Science, a team of scientists at the Technische Universität München (TUM) say they have done just that. To better understand how our own biological cells work, the team created artificial protocells in the lab that can not only change their shape but even move on their own."