Like teenagers, cells require constant communication with their peers. Today’s teens chatter endlessly over wireless networks. Cells, on the other hand, seem a bit more old-fashioned. A clandestine web of high-speed wires physically links cells like a biological Internet, scientists have discovered.
LIVE WIRES | Glowing infectious proteins called
prions move through a network of mouse brain cells linked by tunneling nanotubes.
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