Controlling transport across artificial cell membranes, Atul N. Parikh, Nature Chemical Engineering , 1, 447-449, 2024 [News & Views]

Engineering synthetic cells faces the challenge of transferring biomolecules, such as nucleic acids and proteins, through simple lipid bilayers. Now, a study reveals how energy-dissipating oil droplets can create reconfigurable passageways shuttling biomolecules across liposomal compartments.