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

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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!

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July 17, 2026