Fascinating article on exciting/promising developments in synthetic cell research with a daunting number of risk-reward questions..

Is it a chemical? Is it alive? Oversight in the coming era of synthetic cells could be complicatedLab-designed cells could someday be used in medicine, environmental cleanup, or manufacturing. Imagine spraying biosensing cells on a wall to test for hidden mold or swallowing a pill full of cells th...thebulletin.org