Cells Form Into ‘Xenobots’ on Their Own | Quanta Magazine

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Embryonic cells can self-assemble into new living forms that don't resemble the bodies they usually generate, challenging old ideas of what defines an organism.

Cells Form Into ‘Xenobots’ on Their Own | Quanta Magazine Cells Form Into ‘Xenobots’ on Their Own 6 Read Later developmental biology Cells Form Into ‘Xenobots’ on Their Own Embryonic cells can self-assemble into new living forms that don’t resemble the bodies they usually generate, challenging old ideas of what defines an organism. 6 Read Later Xenobots — mobile, self-organized clusters of embryonic frog cells created by researchers — swarm in a culture dish much like conventional organisms do. They seem to respond to their environment and to one another. Quanta Magazine; source: Douglas Black

Cells Form Into ‘Xenobots’ on Their Own | Quanta Magazine

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