The functional concept of using synthetic entities to supplement or replace certain functions
or structures of biological cells is realized by the development of atypical artificial cells using …

The emerging community of cell-free synthetic biology aspires to build complex biochemical
and genetic systems with functions that mimic or even exceed those in living cells. To …

Employing concepts from physics, chemistry and bioengineering,'learning-by-
building'approaches are becoming increasingly popular in the life sciences, especially with …

This article tackles the topic of the special issue “Biology in AI: New Frontiers in Hardware,
Software and Wetware Modeling of Cognition” in two ways. It addresses the problem of the …

In all living organisms, genomic DNA continuously replicates by the proteins encoded in
itself and undergoes evolution through many generations of replication. This continuous …

The in vitro reconstruction of life-like self-reproducing systems is a major challenge in in vitro
synthetic biology. Self-reproduction requires regeneration of all molecules involved in DNA …

The potential role of bottom-up Synthetic Cells (SCs) in the Internet of Bio-Nano Things
(IoBNT) is discussed. In particular, this perspective paper focuses on the growing interest in …

The exciting sci-tech arena of synthetic biology (SB) provides concepts, tools, and
approaches for fundamental revolutions in basic and applied research. SB plays a key role …

Embodied Artificial Intelligence (EAI) is a contemporary direction of AI characterized by
develo** its synthetic study of natural cognitive processes based on the assumption that …

The recent and important advances in bottom-up synthetic biology (SB), in particular in the
field of the so-called “synthetic cells”(SCs)(or “artificial cells”, or “protocells”), lead us to …