{"id":91529,"date":"2019-06-01T21:03:15","date_gmt":"2019-06-02T04:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/for-the-first-time-ever-scientists-observe-the-complex-messaging-system-of-cells"},"modified":"2019-06-01T21:03:15","modified_gmt":"2019-06-02T04:03:15","slug":"for-the-first-time-ever-scientists-observe-the-complex-messaging-system-of-cells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/for-the-first-time-ever-scientists-observe-the-complex-messaging-system-of-cells","title":{"rendered":"For The First Time Ever, Scientists Observe The Complex Messaging System of Cells"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/for-the-first-time-ever-scientists-observe-the-complex-messaging-system-of-cells2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The way information travels inside the cells of our bodies is not unlike the wiring inside a computer chip, according to a new study that has unveiled the intricate workings of a network of calcium ions as <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_messenger_system\">intracellular messengers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to researchers from the University of Edinburgh in the UK, this \u201ccell-wide web\u201d uses a microscopic network of guides to transmit information across nanoscale distances and carry activities and instructions for the cells to perform \u2014 such as relaxing or contracting muscles, for example.<\/p>\n<p>Calcium ions (Ca<sup>2+<\/sup>) are a fundamental part of the messaging system of our cells, and their signals are crucial for a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Calcium_signaling#Calcium_as_a_second_messenger\">wide variety of jobs<\/a>, including cell growth, death, and movement. Now researchers have taken an unprecedented close look at just how calcium ions shuttle messages within the cell.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/scientists-observe-cells-in-the-body-working-like-computer-circuit-boards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\">Read more<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The way information travels inside the cells of our bodies is not unlike the wiring inside a computer chip, according to a new study that has unveiled the intricate workings of a network of calcium ions as intracellular messengers. According to researchers from the University of Edinburgh in the UK, this \u201ccell-wide web\u201d uses a [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,1878,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-employment","category-nanotechnology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91529\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}