A breakthrough in synthetic life
About this episode
Kate Adamala discusses her lab's creation of synthetic cells that may lead to a renewable future.
Synthetic biologist Kate Adamala has been making major headlines as her lab creates cells that feed, divide, and grow — all from nonliving parts. It may sound like sci-fi, but Kate believes that these “not quite alive” cells are key to a renewable future. This is the second episode of our new three-part series, Life from Scratch. Guests: Kate Adamala, associate professor at the University of Minnesota For show transcripts, go to vox.com/unxtranscripts For more, go to vox.com/unexplainable And please email us! unexplainable@vox.com We read every email. Support Unexplainable (and get ad-free episodes) by becoming a Vox Member today: vox.com/members Thank you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
People in this episode
Guest: Kate Adamala
Topics covered
- synthetic biology
- renewable future
- cell creation
- life from scratch
- biotechnology
Keywords
- synthetic life
- biologist
- cells
- nonliving parts
- sci-fi
- renewable
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: University of Minnesota, Vox
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