Chemists and biologists at UC San Diego have succeeded in designing and synthesizing an artificial cell membrane capable of sustaining continual growth, just like a living cell.
Their achievement, detailed in a paper published in this week’s issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,will allow scientists to more accurately replicate the behavior of living cell membranes, which until now have been modeled only by synthetic cell membranes without the ability to add new phospholipids.
“The membranes we created, though completely synthetic, mimic several features of more complex living organisms, such as the ability to adapt their composition in response to environmental cues,” said Neal Devaraj, an assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at UC San Diego who headed the research team, which included scientists from the campus’ BioCircuits Institute.
“Many other scientists have exploited the ability of lipids to self-assemble into bilayer vesicles with properties reminiscent of cellular membranes, but until now no one has been able to mimic nature’s ability to support persistent phospholipid membrane formation,” he explained. “We developed an artificial cell membrane that continually synthesizes all of the components needed to form additional catalytic membranes.”
Read more: Scientists Create Synthetic Membranes That Grow Like Living Cells
The Latest on: Synthetic Membranes
[google_news title=”” keyword=”Synthetic Membranes” num_posts=”10″ blurb_length=”0″ show_thumb=”left”]
via Google News
The Latest on: Synthetic Membranes
- Fentanyl overdoses hit a surprising group of San Franciscans: the city’s dogson April 27, 2024 at 4:00 am
The first time Brandy Martin used the overdose-reversing nose spray Narcan on her bulldog, Jack, he was just four months old, she said. Martin, 43, said she brought Jack to a friend’s apartment and ...
- Synthetic droplets cause a stir in the primordial soup: Chemotaxis research answers questions about biological movementon April 25, 2024 at 7:14 am
Simple yet profound questions like these are at the heart of curiosity-driven basic research, which focuses on the fundamental principles of natural phenomena. An important example is the process by ...
- 5 Ways To Reduce Your Microplastics Exposure In The ‘Plasticene’ Eraon April 25, 2024 at 4:30 am
Emerging research shows microplastics—which are everywhere—are linked to health problems. Here are five ways to reduce your microplastics exposure.
- Engineered Bacteria: A Climate-Neutral Solution for Chemical Productionon April 24, 2024 at 11:56 am
Researchers transform bacteria to produce chemicals from renewable methanol, reducing reliance on fossil fuels ...
- Tocopherol Market Size is Expected to Reach USD 2,288.73 million by 2030, Growing at a CAGR of 8.75%: Straits Researchon April 24, 2024 at 7:51 am
The global tocopherol market’s major key players are Archer Daniels Midland Company, Cargill Incorporated, DuPont, Merck KGaA, BASF SE, Koninklijke DSM NV, Davos Life Science Pte Ltd, Vitae Caps SA, ...
- AI Tool Creates ‘Synthetic’ Images of Cells for Enhanced Microscopy Analysison April 23, 2024 at 1:18 pm
AI models learn how to carry out such tasks by using a set of data that are annotated by humans, but the process of distinguishing cells from their background, called “single-cell segmentation,” is ...
- Your gear will be illegal soon — but PFAS-free apparel and shoes are hereon April 19, 2024 at 6:54 am
PFAS are bad for the environment. We talked to experts to find out why and what gear you can get without them.
- Meet Norrona, the Nordic brand trying to do right by the planeton April 19, 2024 at 6:31 am
We interviewed the chief sustainability officer of Norrona and tested the Nordic brand’s gear to see if it’s really worth it. Here’s our review.
- Minnesota’s tick season year-round during no-snow winteron April 19, 2024 at 4:04 am
But tick season has been starting earlier and lasting longer in recent years. While cases usually drop off to nothing each winter, that didn’t happen in the warm, no-snow winter of 2023-24.
- American science association honors Iowa State innovators for advancing scienceon April 18, 2024 at 9:14 am
The American Association for the Advancement of Science is honoring five Iowa State University researchers for “their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science." Two of the ...
via Bing News