Chloroplast Transplantation into Animal Cells: A New Milestone or Premature Optimism?

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A team from the University of Tokyo has successfully integrated photosynthetically active chloroplasts into animal cells, aiming to enable self-sustaining energy production through photosynthesis, marking a significant step in synthetic biology.

Immortalized lip cells: A step forward or an unsolved challenge?

New research from the University of Bern has opened up a unique direction for the field of lip biology: immortalizing lip cells taken from patients to create 3D models, allowing for the study of lip pathologies without the need for animal experiments. The move is hailed as opening up the possibility……

Changing the direction of natural intelligence research paves the way for adaptive AI.

When we talk about artificial intelligence (AI), we often imagine systems that can analyze and process huge amounts of data, making predictions and decisions quickly. However, the capabilities of AI today are still far from natural intelligence – the spontaneous and flexible abilities we see in many animals in the wild.……