Scientists at Tufts University and the University of Vermont team up to create the next version of Xenobots - tiny biological robots that self-assemble, carry out tasks, and can repair themselves. Now they can move faster, record information.
'Third state' sees cells gaining new capabilities that they didn't have in death. READ MORE: Scientists createIn sci-fi films such as 'Frankenstein' and 'Re-Animator', human bodies are brought back to life, existing in a freakish condition between life and death.
If more experiments with the cells from dead animals – including humans – show they can enter the third state, they could 'redefine legal death'. This third state consists of cells of dead organisms that can continue to function even after the organism's demise. 'Certain cells – when provided with nutrients, oxygen, bioelectricity or biochemical cues – have the capacity to transform into multicellular organisms with new functions after death.'
In the classic 1980s film 'Re-Animator', a medical student discovers how to bring human tissue back to life The team say these are examples of new cell functions that don't exist in life, 'showing change in ways that are not predetermined'. This anthrobot was made from human lung cells, coaxed into a new shape that can crawl around and repair damaged tissue
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Scientists discover a 'third state' beyond life and death - in breakthrough that could 'redefine...Scientists at Tufts University and the University of Vermont team up to create the next version of Xenobots - tiny biological robots that self-assemble, carry out tasks, and can repair themselves. Now they can move faster, record information.
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