Superbot healing a neuron field (IMAGE)

Tufts University

Superbot healing a neuron field

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Anthrobots forming an assembly called a "superbot" (green) are capable of encouraging the growth of neurons (red) across a "wound" created by scratching neurons grown in a lab dish

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Gizem Gumuskaya

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May use only for reporting on the research of Michael Levin, Tufts University, and Gizem Gumuskaya

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