Biobots could one day be engineered to deliver drugs and clear up arterial plaque. Kriegman et al. 2020/PNAS

Biobots arise from the cells of dead organisms − pushing the boundaries of life, death and medicine

Given the right conditions, certain types of cells are able to self-assemble into new lifeforms after the organism they were once part of has died.

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