# Scientists create simple synthetic cell

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**Created:** [5 April 2021 01:08 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/scientists-create-simple-synthetic-cell/8482 "2021-04-05T01:08:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [5 April 2021 01:08 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/scientists-create-simple-synthetic-cell/8482/1 "2021-04-05T01:08:55Z")

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> Five years ago, scientists created a single-celled synthetic organism that, with only 473 genes, was the simplest living cell ever known. However, this bacteria-like organism behaved strangely when growing and dividing, producing cells with wildly different shapes and sizes.
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> Now, scientists have identified seven genes that can be added to tame the cells’ unruly nature, causing them to neatly divide into uniform orbs…

> **[Scientists Create Simple Synthetic Cell That Grows and Divides Normally](https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2021/03/scientists-create-simple-synthetic-cell-grows-and-divides-normally)**
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> Five years ago, scientists created a single-celled synthetic organism that, with only 473 genes, was the simplest living cell ever known.

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