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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 46 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 9 points 12 hours ago

So many answers to the Fermi Paradox.

[–] TwodogsFighting@lemdro.id 7 points 12 hours ago

One in a million chance you might say.

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 14 points 10 hours ago

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

[–] Headofthebored@lemmy.world 23 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

This sounds like some shit Umbrella would be up to.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 14 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago (2 children)
[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Beetlejuicing

[–] molten@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago
[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 9 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

One step closer to Grey Goo?

[–] knightly@pawb.social 2 points 3 hours ago

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

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 4 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours 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