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The Most Complete Digital Replica of a Living Cell Yet Grows Like the Real Thing

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The simulated cell models thousands of biochemical reactions, and scientists watched it grow from birth to its first division.

Science The Most Complete Digital Replica of a Living Cell Yet Grows Like the Real Thing Jason Dorrier Feb 27, 2022 Share Scientists have long made digital simulations of the universe on the grandest scales. Now they're turning their attention to smaller systems—though those systems are no less grand. The cells in our bodies are like their own pocket universes: A whirling mix of molecular alchemy that has proven too complex to digitize in detail. But thanks to advances in synthetic biology and computation, a group of researchers at the University of Illinois, J. Craig Venter Institute, and Dre

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