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mixed HN was broadly excited by the technical milestone, especially the workaround for division without reconstructing a full cytoskeleton. But commenters repeatedly pushed back on any “created life” framing, emphasized that the cells are not self-sustaining and are not yet peer-reviewed, and debated the unusual publicity st — latest discussion,
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  1. Synthetic ‘spudcells’ grow, copy DNA, and divide▲ 951 · 302 commentsin 3 episodes: · 3:06 · 1:08 · 5:15