'All of these different problems are here because we don't know how to predict and control what groups of cells are going to build.
In 2020, the scientists revealed they'd hand-built the original computer-designed Xenobots, adapted from stem cells of Xenopus laevis, a species of frog found in parts of Africa.
WHAT ARE STEM CELLS? Stem cells are special human cells that have the ability to develop into many different cell types, from muscle cells to brain cells.
Then these new Xenobots can go out, find cells, and build copies of themselves - and the process happens over and over again.
On its own, the Xenobot parent, made of some 3,000 cells, forms a sphere - but it can't reproduce effectively over several generations.
STEM CELL ADVANCE COULD FIX A BROKEN HEART, SCIENTISTS SAY A breakthrough stem cell injection could one day help cure faulty hearts, according to scientists.
Researchers at University College London have figured out how to keep stem cells alive for longer in the heart by first growing them on to miniature spheres.
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Scientists build first living robots that can reproduce
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