# @cleoabram on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=rVdQMcTTQCY
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69864928-cleoabram-youtube
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/f81d593a52.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-08-31T14:42:14.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Cleo Abram (@CleoAbram) — https://gondola.cc/CleoAbram

## Caption

Did scientists “create life” in a lab?

The most common approach is called a “top down” method, where scientists take an already living cell and edit the DNA to strip it down to the bare minimum needed and then to place that DNA into a host cell. 

This is groundbreaking, but it still requires a living cell. Recently scientists at the University of Minnesota used a different approach, one that truly starts from scratch and they created something that looks remarkably similar to life… but is it?

For more, subscribe!

#SpudCell #biology #science

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spudcell, science, biology

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