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A synthetic cell built from non-living parts grows and divides

development2026-07-02

Claim

Kate Adamala's lab built SpudCell, reported as the first synthetic cell assembled bottom-up from non-living parts that can grow, copy its genome and divide.

Reporting date: 2026-07-02 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to July 2, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

The first replicator built rather than inherited.

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Welcome to July 2, 2026

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Adamala Lab

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Welcome to July 2, 2026

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A synthetic cell built from non-living parts grows and divides
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Reporting date: 2026-07-02
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-07-02-the-first-replicator-we-built
Claim: Kate Adamala's lab built SpudCell, reported as the first synthetic cell assembled bottom-up from non-living parts that can grow, copy its genome and divide.
Attributed sources:
- Welcome to July 2, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-july-2-2026
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