Primitive Artificial Cells (IMAGE)

University of Southern Denmark

Primitive Artificial Cells

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A green artificial vesicle is loaded with a basic cellular machinery derived from bacterial cells. This enables it to translate an encapsulated genetic blueprint into a functional protein. The green vesicle is surrounded by other artificial primitive vesicles without cellular machinery.

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Illustration from the research paper in <i>Langmuir</i>.

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