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most of us are familiar with the binary
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states of being alive or dead but a
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group of scientists have just changed
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this concept while experimenting with
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cells under lab conditions the team
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stumbled upon a major discovery that
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left them in awe they found that certain
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cells can exist Beyond life and death
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challenging our current understanding of
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biology so what is that bizarre State
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and how do these cells achieve it the
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scientists from the University of
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Alabama at Birmingham have extracted
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skin cells from a dead frog and put them
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in a Petri dish at the lab while
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providing them with all nutrients needed
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they noticed that the cells reorganized
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themselves and formed a multicellular
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organism called xenobots these organisms
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behaved in a way that extends far beyond
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their original biological roles
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specifically they use their cyia small
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hair-like structures to navigate and
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move through their surroundings whereas
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in a living frog embryo their original
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and usual function is to move mucus
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researchers have also found that single
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human lung cells can self-assemble into
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many multicellular organisms that can
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move around these Min organisms are
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called anthr robots they behave and are
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structured in new ways they can even
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repair both themselves and injured
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neuron cells placed nearby the survival
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of these cells in the dead organism
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depends on various environmental factors
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and the type of tissue as well this
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challenges the idea that cells can only
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function in predetermined way on the
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contrary they can reassemble and evolve
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a new function the third state not only
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offers new insights into the
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adaptability of cells it also offers
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prospects for new treatments for example
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anthr robots could be sourced from an
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individual's living tissue to deliver
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drugs without triggering a harmful
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immune response engineered anthr robots
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injected into the body could dissolve
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arterial plaque in atherosclerosis
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patients and remove excess mucus in
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cystic fibrosis patients so let's hope
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that these amazing zombie like cells can
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pave the way to find cure for many
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diseases thanks for watching if you like
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