After they die, cells can take on new roles and responsibilities unrelated to their original purpose.

This is an old article from 2024, how on earth did I miss this? Do we know if any work using arthrobots to deliver any kind of successful therapy is in development?

Thank you!

Also it’s strongly evoking memories of Tibetan bardo state! 🫣

  • Water Bowl Slime@lemmygrad.ml
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    14 days ago

    It’s cool, I’m not attacking you or anything and it’s my bad if I came off that way.

    The xenobots and anthrobots described by the article are plainly alive imo so it’s weird that the takeaway is “there is a new category beyond life and death” instead of “dead cells can be repurposed to create new life.”

    • Maeve@lemmygrad.mlOP
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      14 days ago

      I took away that they’re not “alive” in the way we typically imagine, as in some cells change behavior on their own, then self-replicate, and they’re obviously not dead. I see your point, as well.