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Groundbreaking! First Fully Functional Synthetic Cell Has Just Been Created

2026-07-09 Science & Technology
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Support this channel on Patreon to help me make this a full time job: https://www.patreon.com/whatdamath (Unreleased videos, extra footage, DMs, no ads) Alternatively, PayPal donations can be sent here: http://paypal.me/whatdamath Get a Wonderful Person Tee: https://teespring.com/stores/whatdamath More cool designs are on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3QFIrFX Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about the first ever artificial cell Links: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.01.735724v1.full.pdf https://biotic.org/research/spudcell/ Previous videos: https://youtu.be/0MRGJNKACYs https://youtu.be/g1hEJ0klRYc https://youtu.be/OxVZPKmm58M #artificialcell #syntheticcell #biology 0:00 Most complete artificial cell ever made - the Spudcell 1:40 What is an artificial cell though? Example of Synthia 2:38 Bottom up approach used this time 3:20 What is Spudcell? 4:15 How it works inside 5:40 Replication 7:55 Artificial evolution through beneficial mutations 9:38 Why this is important 12:35 Public access and what's next? Conclusions Enjoy and please subscribe Bitcoin/Ethereum to spare? Donate them here to help this channel grow! bc1qnkl3nk0zt7w0xzrgur9pnkcduj7a3xxllcn7d4 or ETH: 0x60f088B10b03115405d313f964BeA93eF0Bd3DbF The hardware used to record these videos: New Camera: https://amzn.to/4pCVINS CPU: https://amzn.to/4qXIaxC Video Card: https://amzn.to/2M1W26C Motherboard: https://amzn.to/2JYGiQQ RAM: https://amzn.to/2Mwy2t4 PSU: https://amzn.to/2LZcrIH Case: https://amzn.to/2MwJZz4 Microphone: https://amzn.to/2t5jTv0 Mixer: https://amzn.to/2JOL0oF Recording and Editing: https://amzn.to/2LX6uvU Some of the above are affiliate links, meaning I would get a (very small) percentage of the price paid. Thank you to all Patreon supporters of this channel Special thanks also goes to all the wonderful supporters of the channel through YouTube Memberships Credit: Mark Garlick www.markgarlick.com Orion Venero Kate Adamala, Adamala Lab Licenses used: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ and relevant Creative Commons licenses

Top Comments (10)

@an_Orange_under_a_Capybara 2026-07-09

We got primordial synthetic life before gta6

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@ColeDedhand 2026-07-09

Awesome. Now we get Skynet AND the Thing.

734 48 replies
@fnunez 2026-07-10

"Is this thing we just created alive or not?" used to be a question you'd only see seriously asked in science fiction. What a time to be alive.

541 55 replies
@alistairwilson5344 2026-07-09

It's life Jim, but not as we know it.

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@DypoMage 2026-07-10

A billion years from now, these cells have gone through evolution and start to wonder where they came from... or who created them

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@aliphian 2026-07-09

11:45 “life, uh, finds a way”

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@whatissixbynine 2026-07-10

What a time to be _almost_ alive! -- Some SpudCell, probably

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@DeanLeeSwanson 2026-07-10

They should call the next version the T-cell. You know, for fun.

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@pmboston 2026-07-09

13:16 so important to keep this publicly accessible. Thanks again Anton.

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@luciengrondin5802 2026-07-10

The epitome of "what could possibly go wrong?"

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