query: Can we make artificial cells?
passage: Artificial cell
On December 29, 2011, chemists at Harvard University reported the creation of an artificial cell membrane.[13][14][15]
passage: Adult stem cell
Scientific interest in adult stem cells is centered on their ability to divide or self-renew indefinitely, and generate all the cell types of the organ from which they originate, potentially regenerating the entire organ from a few cells.[1] Unlike for embryonic stem cells, the use of human adult stem cells in research and therapy is not considered to be controversial, as they are derived from adult tissue samples rather than human embryos designated for scientific research. They have mainly been studied in humans and model organisms such as mice and rats.