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More to life than DNA: Fellows Friday with Sheref Mansy

More to life than DNA: Fellows Friday with Sheref Mansy

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American synthetic biologist Sheref Mansy is working on constructing artificial cells that mimic — and “talk” to — biological cells. In this fascinating conversation, Mansy weaves through the question of what does and does not constitute “life,” the possible practical applications for his work, and how conversations with artists have opened up concepts that feed []