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Dr. Michael Levin: Biological Plasticity, Bioelectricity, and Limb Regeneration

Talking Biotech with Dr. Kevin Folta

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Xenobots Are the Name of the Frog

Xenipus lavis is the name of the frog, so we call them xenobots. These are totally wild type xenepusla cells. They're creating a little creature that's actually quite different from a frog or a tadpole. Y have ther own. You watch em over several months, they transform into this weird thing That doesn't look anything like that we've seen before. Where did this come from? Sure as heck didn't come from selection to be a good xenobod like that.

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