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Cell Bones Mystery Solved with Supercomputers
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Cell Bones Mystery Solved with Supercomputers

Our cells are filled with ‘bones,’ in a sense. Thin, flexible protein strands called actin filaments help support and move around the bulk of the cells of eukaryotes, which includes all plants and animals. Always on the go, actin filaments constantly grow, shrink, bind with other things, and branch off when cells move. Thin, flexible protein strands called...

New ‘molecular computers’ find the right cells
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New ‘molecular computers’ find the right cells

by University of Washington An artist’s depiction of a Co-LOCKR nano-device coming together on the surface of a cell that has the right combination of cell surface markers. Credit: UW Medicine Institute for Protein Design Scientists have demonstrated a new way to precisely target cells by distinguishing them from neighboring cells that look quite similar....

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Artificial lifeforms designed by supercomputers are fully programmable

By Michael Irving Robots are made to mimic living creatures, and as smart as they’re becoming, we can still look at them and understand that they aren’t “living” in any real sense. But that line is now beginning to blur. Researchers at the University of Vermont and the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University have...