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BIOCOMPUTING. “Slime mold is a living prototype of amorphous biological computers and robotic devices capable of solving a range of tasks of graph optimization and computational geometry.” http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/6482606/ View in LinkedIn

PROGRAMMING SLIME MOLDS. “We show how to program living slime mold machines by configurations of repelling and attracting gradients and demonstrate the workability of the living machines on tasks of computational geometry, logic, and arithmetic.” http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/ARTL_a_00110 View in LinkedIn

DEDIFFERENTIATION. "During limb regeneration adult tissue is converted into a zone of undifferentiated progenitors called the blastema that reforms the diverse tissues of the limb. Previous experiments have led to wide acceptance that limb tissues dedifferentiate to form pluripotent cells." https://lnkd.in/gcYRVjY View in LinkedIn

SLIMY DEVICES. “In a series of simple experiments we demonstrate how to make computing, sensing, and actuating devices from the slime mold.” https://lnkd.in/g5z_FfP View in LinkedIn

FATE REVERSAL. "It has long been thought that once mammalian cells are committed to a specific lineage, they can no longer change their fate, and thus they become so-called terminally differentiated cells. But recent studies suggest that differentiated mammalian cells can be induced to assume new fates under appropriate conditions, a phenomenon termed dedifferentiation." https://lnkd.in/gxtx9hi View in LinkedIn

SLIME MOLD NEURAL SYSTEM. “Through a range of computer modeling techniques, we demonstrate how emergent behavior, and hence computational intelligence, may occur in cytoskeletal communications networks. Specifically, we model the topology of both the actin and tubulin cytoskeletal networks and discuss how computation may occur therein. Furthermore, we present bespoke cellular automata and particle swarm models for the computational process within the cytoskeleton and observe the incidence of emergent patterns in both.” https://lnkd.in/gDZPXsj View in LinkedIn

DEVELOPMENT LIMITS. "During animal development, cells become progressively constrained to a certain cell type, and the capacity to respond to a variety of differentiation signals declines after each generation. In other words, the process of differentiation gradually reduces the potential of a cell. In the final stage of differentiation, the cell is thought to stop dividing permanently." https://lnkd.in/gxtx9hi View in LinkedIn

DIFFERENTIATION. "During the early development of an organism, a certain cell type divides, and then its descendants gradually form stable differences in morphology, structure, and function, finally producing numerous different cell phenotypes. This process, differentiation, is the fundamental basis for development.” https://lnkd.in/gxtx9hi View in LinkedIn

PLANT REGENERATION (due to modular and decentralized design). "Plants can regenerate all body parts from precursor cells. Many trees, for example, can be cut off at the ground and, in due course, sprouts appear at the margins of the stump. These go on to develop new stems, leaves, and flowers. In the laboratory, entire plants can develop from a mass of undifferentiated cells growing in culture." https://lnkd.in/gqsdWf4 View in LinkedIn

THE CRUX. "If there were no regeneration, there could be no life. If everything regenerated there would be no death." (R. J. Goss, Principles of Regeneration,1969). https://lnkd.in/g4Nz9Kh View in LinkedIn