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Published online 6 December 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news041206-2
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Artificial cells take shape
Bacterium-sized 'protein factories' are a step along the road to synthetic life.
Primitive cells similar to bacteria have been created by US researchers. These synthetic cells are not truly alive, because they cannot replicate or evolve.
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