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Colorful cells connected by glowing ion-channel and gap-junction bridges

Ion Channels and Gap Junctions: The Bioelectric Hardware

Ion Channels and Gap Junctions: The Bioelectric Hardware Series: Bioelectric Code | Part: 3 of 7 Primary Tag: FRONTIER SCIENCE Keywords: ion channels, gap junctions, connexins, bioelectric signaling, cell communication Ion Channels: The Gates Ion channels are proteins that form pores in cell membranes, allowing specific ions to flow through. They&
Ryan Collison 27 Jan 2026
Green pac-shaped cells and pink cell clusters moving beside a DNA strand

Xenobots and Anthrobots: Biological Robots

Xenobots and Anthrobots: Biological Robots In 2020, researchers announced they had created the first living robots. Not robots made of metal and silicon. Robots made of frog cells. They called them xenobots, after Xenopus laevis, the African clawed frog whose skin cells they used. The cells were scraped from frog
Ryan Collison 27 Jan 2026

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