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In 2020, scientists at Tufts created tiny novel living forms called xenobots from frog cells, capable of traversing a watery environment, healing their own injuries, and even gathering other cells to build xenobot siblings.

Now, researchers at Tufts and the Wyss Institute have taken the quest to reimagine life forms a step further, adding nerve cells and observing how they self-organize and alter xenobot behavior. The resulting neurobots take on new shapes and show unique behaviors...

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[–] teft@piefed.social 55 points 1 week ago (2 children)

There is absolutely no way that this could go horribly wrong.

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 week ago

So many answers to the Fermi Paradox.

[–] TwodogsFighting@lemdro.id 7 points 1 week ago

One in a million chance you might say.

[–] Headofthebored@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This sounds like some shit Umbrella would be up to.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

that's exactly the sorta shit i'd be up to

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

everyone is under the same umbrella, my dear.

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Beetlejuicing

[–] molten@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago
[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago

This Summer. Tardigrades defend themselves against the invasive Xenobots. The biggest little war in history.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

One step closer to Grey Goo?

[–] knightly@pawb.social 4 points 6 days ago

IIRC, biological grey goo is called Pink or Green goo.

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Last time "scientists" fucked with cells (injected nuclei and mitochrondria into bacteria), we got eucaryots all over the planet, what a mess that was! :D true story