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Biobots arise from the cells of dead organisms − pushing the boundaries of life, death and medicine

  • Written by Peter A Noble, Affiliate Professor of Microbiology, University of Washington
Biobots arise from the cells of dead organisms − pushing the boundaries of life, death and medicineBiobots could one day be engineered to deliver drugs and clear up arterial plaque.Kriegman et al. 2020/PNAS, CC BY-SA

Life and death are traditionally viewed as opposites. But the emergence of new multicellular life-forms from the cells of a dead organism introduces a “third state” that lies beyond the traditional boundaries of life and...

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