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Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that can feed, grow and replicate like a natural cell. This breakthrough in synthetic biology could usher in an era of made-to-order organisms that function like living machines.

Kate Adamala, a synthetic biologist and professor at the University of Minnesota, and her team constructed the cell piece by piece from nonliving chemical components. The creation is a limited and fragile prototype, but it could help scientists better understand the origins of life and could potentially be programmed to help mitigate some of the world’s biggest biological problems. The cell is nonspecific — neither plant nor animal — but most closely resembles a simple bacterium.

Scientists have for decades bioengineered natural cells to solve human problems. ?A famous example is how human insulin genes can be inserted into E. coli bacterial cells to manufacture insulin and treat diabetes. Scientists argue synthetic cells are the next frontier; they could potentially lead to the development of new cancer treatments and novel ways to capture carbon or manufacture chemicals.

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In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, researchers found that bioactive molecules from menstrual blood stem cells promoted cartilage regeneration in cultured cells and in human damaged cartilage samples, presenting a potential non-invasive treatment avenue for osteoarthritis.

Menstrual blood is rich in mesenchymal stromal cells, which are stem cells that can generate bone, cartilage, blood vessels, and lymphatics. “These cells are very active because they rebuild endometrial lining every month in women, so their activeness can also stimulate other tissue cells to regenerate."

Another advantage of menstrual blood is that researchers can obtain samples non-invasively, compared to sources like bone marrow that require invasive procedures. Importantly, menstrual blood samples can be obtained consensually, which bypasses ethical issues that stem cell researchers face while working with embryonic stem cells.

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A classmate of a teen who was bombarded with nudes by a married teacher has shared the revolting reactions of some of their peers.

Teacher Rikki Lynn Laughlin was sentenced to five years of probation after pleading guilty to first-degree endangering the welfare of a child.

The 26-year-old was a special needs teacher at St James High School in Missouri at the time of the crimes in 2023.

She is said to have sent the 16-year-old boy barrages of explicit content via Snapchat, including naked pics and a video of herself using a sex toy.

The teacher also begged the teen to come and have sex with her while her husband was away.

When the student came back to school everyone started congratulating him, praising him and people on Snapchat are posting about how pretty she is and how lucky he was, that is absolutely disgusting

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She looks fat

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fricking hell, he would have killed as Bond.

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The body of a missing nuclear lab worker who vanished last year was reportedly found “skeletonized” with a gunshot to her skull in a national forest in New Mexico.

Melissa Casias’ decaying body was found in a remote part of the Carson National Forest on Monday, according to local authorities. Casias, 54, was last seen on June 26, 2025.

The investigator firmly believes that foul play was involved in Casias’ death — and hinted that her devastated family will file a civil lawsuit against the New Mexico State Police for purportedly botching the case.

Casias worked as an administrative assistant at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, which was created during World War II for the groundbreaking Manhattan Project and has been closely tied to US nuclear weapons research ever since.

On the day she disappeared, the married mother wiped all records from her phones before leaving them and her identification behind and walking out of her home in Ranchos de Taos, a remote community some 70 miles northeast of Santa Fe.

Casias is just one of several people with links to US defense and nuclear programs who have gone missing — or died suddenly — in recent years.

Former Los Alamos employee Anthony Chavez, 79, vanished without a trace after leaving his home on foot on May 4, 2025, just seven weeks before Casias.

Monica Reza, 60, an aerospace engineer who served as the director of the NASA Lab’s Materials Processing Group, disappeared while hiking in a Los Angeles forest in June 2025.

Steven Garcia, a government contractor working for a major facility in Albuquerque, also disappeared after walking out of his home on Aug. 28, 2025, carrying only a handgun and no identification.

And retired Air Force Maj. Gen. William Neil McCasland, 68, hasn’t been seen since leaving his home in Albuquerque on Feb. 27. The FBI is now involved in the search for McCasland, who had deep knowledge on UFOs and was involved in some of the Pentagon’s most advanced aerospace research.

He also once headed up the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio.

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