• Question: How many cells have you made?

    Asked by whizzyandjei to Emma on 2 Jul 2012.
    • Photo: Emma Trantham

      Emma Trantham answered on 2 Jul 2012:

      I haven’t ‘made’ any cells. I do however grow bacteria in the lab – I basically put some on a plastic dish filled with something called agar that they can use as food. They then divide and divide and divide until I end up with lots of them.

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