“…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?
https://footnotes2plato.substack.com/p/is-there-a-metaphysical-revolution
#cells #organisms #creativity #purpose #intelligence
Exciting #research! "Human #brain #cells engineered to #evade #detection by the #immune #system are a step towards development of a ‘universal’ cell line that can be transplanted into anyone, to cure a raft of diseases without the need for anti-rejection drugs." https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01080-5
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.
https://phys.org/news/2025-04-cell-division-molecular-cells.html
#Cells That Build Themselves Into an #Embryo? #Scientists Just Made It Happen
https://scitechdaily.com/cells-that-build-themselves-into-an-embryo-scientists-just-made-it-happen/
The Coolest Batteries You’ve Never Heard Of - Imagine cooling your building with the same principle that kept Victorian-era iceh... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/09/the-coolest-batteries-youve-never-heard-of/ #batteryhacks #electricity #greenhacks #battery #cooling #storage #cells #cell #grid #ice
The #Cells in Your #Body Are #Conscious, a #Controversial Theory Suggests—And That Could Change Everything
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a63917106/cells-conscious-xenobots/
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*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZAmbbTcQ3M
" 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: https://extensions.blender.org/add-ons/molecularnodes.
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* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZEWEQib_F8&list=PL0Ymnd-zt4Ij2VcAOHNUweftSElVsc-MX&index=7 "
Feet first: Understanding how #mRNA helps #cells 'walk'
#mRNA-G3BP1 #migration
World’s first lab-grown meat pet treats launched in the UK https://www.byteseu.com/742412/ #Agronomics #alternative #Cell #Cells #ChickBites #chicken #ChickenBreast #company #cultivated #cultivating #dog #egg #ever #first #Food #future #futuristic #Global #GreatBritain #ingredients #lab #LabGrown #london #meat #Meatly #pate #pet #PetsAtHome #raised #real #sample #Selling #Sustainable #ThePack #treats #UK #UnitedKingdom #use #using #vetmed #World #worlds
#Influenza A #virus particles strategically adapt their shape—to become either spheres or larger filaments—to favor their ability to infect #cells depending on environmental conditions
#Microbiology #Virology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/02/mcb02102501.html
The #spliceosome: An atomic-level look into how #cells avoid errors when manufacturing #mRNA.
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-spliceosome-atomic-cells-errors-mrna.html
A research group at Umeå University has developed new advanced light-controlled tools that enable precise control of proteins in real time in living #cells.
#Biochemistry #Chemistry #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/02/bchm02012501.html
Visualizing #cells after editing specific #genes can help scientists learn new details about the function of those genes. But using microscopy to do this at scale can be challenging, particularly when studying thousands of genes at a time.
#Genetics #Biology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/01/gen01272501.html
A #GIF with sound ... again; #animated on #cells and #paper , #photographed with a #DSLR and captured with #dragonframe .
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have uncovered how specialized #cells surrounding small #blood vessels, known as #perivascular cells, contribute to blood vessel dysfunction in chronic #diseases
#Biomedical #Biology #Medical #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/01/bmed01122501.html
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 https://bit.ly/MPZPM-Ladoux-News
Tissues across the scales: Figure 9.1 from "Molecular Biology of the Cell", 7th edition (2022).
#CellBiology #molecules #cells
Microbes have been competing for space and resources in a kind of microbial arms race for many years, and some cells have ways to attack and kill other cells.
#cells #CellBiology #archaea #microbiology #science #research #biology #ecology
https://www.labroots.com/trending/microbiology/28148/archaea-mold-microbiomes-daggers