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The bioethics of synthetic cells

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The Building a Synthetic Cell (BaSyC) consortium — launched in 2017 — proposes to create “an autonomous self-reproducing cell that can sustain itself, replicate and divide”. I joined this consortium to explore the bioethics of creating synthetic cells, by embedding philosophical reflection into research practices.

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Zwart, H. The bioethics of synthetic cells. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 25, 157–158 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41580-023-00693-w

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