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A light-controlled 'muscle' could give synthetic cells a new way to move

  • April 19, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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A light-controlled 'muscle' could give synthetic cells a new way to move
Engineers interested in creating artificial cells to deliver drugs to unhealthy parts of the body face a key challenge: for a cell-like system to move, change shape, or divide, it needs a way to generate force on command.

Originally published at Phys.org

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