Year 2021 đ
Conducting medical research on lab-printed brains could be better than animal studies.
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Key Factors Identified for Regeneration of Brain Tissue
Summary: Researchers have identified two proteins that prevent the formation of scars in the brain and help promote the regeneration of new neural tissue.
Source: LMU
LMU researchers demonstrate in a zebrafish model that two proteins prevent scar formation in the brain, thereby improving the ability of tissue to regenerate.
Michael Levin | Cell Intelligence in Physiological & Morphological Spaces
Talk kindly contributed by Michael Levin in SEMFâs 2022 Spacious Spatiality.
https://semf.org.es/spatiality.
TALK ABSTRACT
Life was solving problems in metabolic, genetic, physiological, and anatomical spaces long before brains and nervous systems appeared. In this talk, I will describe remarkable capabilities of cell groups as they create, repair, and remodel complex anatomies. Anatomical homeostasis reveals that groups of cells are collective intelligences; their cognitive medium is the same as that of the human mind: electrical signals propagating in cell networks. I will explain non-neural bioelectricity and the tools we use to track the basal cognition of cells and tissues and control their function for applications in regenerative medicine. I will conclude with a discussion of our framework based on evolutionary scaling of intelligence by pivoting conserved mechanisms that allow agents, whether designed or evolved, to navigate complex problem spaces.
TALK MATERIALS
· The Electrical Blueprints that Orchestrate Life (TED Talk): https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_levin_the_electrical_bluepâŠtrate_life.
· Michael Levinâs interviews and presentations: https://ase.tufts.edu/biology/labs/levin/presentations/
· Michael Levinâs publications: https://ase.tufts.edu/biology/labs/levin/publications/
· The Institute for Computationally Designed Organisms (ICDO): https://icdorgs.org/
MICHAEL LEVIN
Department of Biology, Tufts University: https://as.tufts.edu/biology.
Tufts University profile: https://ase.tufts.edu/biology/labs/levin/
Wyss Institute profile: https://wyss.harvard.edu/team/associate-faculty/michael-levin-ph-d/
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Levin_(biologist)
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=luouyakAAAAJ
Twitter: https://twitter.com/drmichaellevin.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-levin-b0983a6/
SEMF NETWORKS
Cellular Automata
This educational video about cellular automata was filmed, narrated, and edited by Rudy Rucker in 1990, using some âCA Labâ software he worled on at Autodesk. Renamed âCellab,â the software and manual are available for free on Ruckerâs website.
http://www.rudyrucker.com/oldhomepage/cellab.htm.
But certainly you can watch the video without using the software. Two-dimensional CA rules discussed include Langtonâs worm, the game of Life, Silvermanâs Brain, the Vote rule, the Rug rule, gas-simulating rules, and many others.
