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The Universe Inside: Intelligence from Cells to Galaxies - Dr. Michael Levin, DSPod #213

The DemystifySci Podcast

CHAPTER

Higher Agency Interventions and Intelligent Cells

The chapter explores the concept of higher agency interventions in medicine, using examples of smart insulin pumps and hcn2 ion channel drugs. It also discusses the potential of utilizing a patient's own tracheal cells for healing and sensing, and the surprising discovery of these cells being able to heal neural wounds. The speakers discuss the future of programming human cells and the importance of understanding native properties before engineering them with synthetic biology circuits.

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