Living machines seem like a plot for science fiction, but now is a groundbreaking invention! In this episode, we hear from Dr. Josh Bongard from University of Vermont, and Dr. Michael Levin from Tufts University, who invented the WORLD’s FIRST living machines termed Xenobots derived from African frog embryos. This was possible by artificial intelligence processing a million combinations into a few feasible conformations using an evolutionary algorithm. These cells-constructed living organisms can carry cargo, remove debris, and regenerate.
A hidden link between amino acid metabolism and peripheral neuropathy in diabetes
The AI model that’s building novel proteins
Countering antibiotic resistance using engineered bacteria
Healing Wounds Faster with the Body’s Own Motion
Fighting Cancer with a Cell-Based Vaccine
A Fireside Chat with Carolyn Bertozzi
Social media: the good, the bad and the hopeful
How preterm infants benefit from emotional connection
Arcade Neuro: brain cells in a dish learn to play Pong with Dr. Brett Kagan
A Fireside Chat with May-Britt Moser
At-home healthcare: monitoring Parkinson’s disease with radio waves
The chronic disease caused by a common virus
A telescope to look into life, before life
On the traces of our African past
Alzheimer’s Disease from the Inside Out
The buddy system behind puberty
A vaccine to stop the most invisible of all viruses
The Gambling Rules of Cell Behavior
A Fireside Chat with Ali Khademhosseini
A Fireside Chat with Anesthesiologist Emery Brown
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