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BBC Inside Science — Are we one step closer to creating life in a lab?
Buzzing ratingBUZZING· 71%26m·2026-07-09·Science

Are we one step closer to creating life in a lab?

BBC Inside Science

Synthetic biologist Kate Adamal and her team at the University of Minnesota published their research into the lab-created ‘SpudCell’ in a significant step towards building life from scratch. Science journalist, Kai Kupferschmidt, joins us to discuss the implications of this research, as well as the controversies.…

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