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“…cells and organisms don’t just passively follow genetic algorithms—they act with creative agency and purpose, even intelligence.”
—Matthew Segall, Is There A Metaphysical Revolution Afoot in Natural Science?
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#cells #organisms #creativity #purpose #intelligence

Footnotes2Plato · Is There A Metaphysical Revolution Afoot in Natural Science?By Matthew David Segall

About 100 cells divide every second in our body. A key protein in cell division is a protein kinase termed Plk1, because it activates other proteins involved in this process. Plk1 is also overexpressed in many types of cancer. This makes it a promising target for cancer therapies. However, drugs that inhibit Plk1 have often proven ineffective.

phys.org/news/2025-04-cell-div

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#CellDivision
#proteins
#cancer

Phys.org · A starting signal for cell division: Molecular switch ensures that cells divide at the right timeBy Carmen Rotte

And now something completely different. Yes sorry, I post various topics (see bio). My apologies to those who only follow me for my anti-fascism. ❤️

Clockwork: *Your Operating System |Eukaryotic Transcription*

youtube.com/watch?v=HZAmbbTcQ3

"🧬 How does your #DNA actually become who you are? Let's go on the incredible journey it takes to transcribe your DNA into #mRNA.

💻 Rendered using ‪Brady Johnston‬'s open-source Molecular Nodes Add-on for #Blender: extensions.blender.org/add-ons.

🏫 If you liked this overview, but you'd prefer something more comprehensive, I highly recommend the lectures on transcription produced by‪ theCrux‬: *Eukaryotic Transcription - Promoter Structure and Organization* youtube.com/watch?v=tZEWEQib_F "

𝗣𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀.

The team of Prof. Benoît Ladoux, principal investigator of “Tissue Mechanobiology” at the Max-Planck-Institut für Physik und Medizin (MPZPM) have demonstrated how physical signals can have an impact on the fate of extruding cells governing their death or survival. The results may establish novel paths for understanding tissue properties in both normal and pathological conditions.

Learn more 👉 bit.ly/MPZPM-Ladoux-News