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How cells habituate
Up until recently, habituation -- a simple form of learning -- was deemed the exclusive domain of complex organisms with brains and nervous systems, such as worms, insects, birds, and mammals. But a ...
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Are Single Cells Capable of a Simple Form of Learning?
Researchers suggest "one daring idea" would be to apply the concept of habituation to the relationship between cancer and immunity.
Research reveals even single-cell organisms exhibit habituation, a simple form of learning
A dog learns to sit on command, a person hears and eventually tunes out the hum of a washing machine while reading … The ...
Brains Not Required: Cells Exhibit Surprising Learning Abilities
A new study demonstrates that even simple single-cell organisms, such as ciliates and amoebae, exhibit habituation, a basic ...
CRISPR-based system labels extracellular vesicles with 'barcodes' to better understand cell-to-cell communication
Cell-to-cell communication through nanosized particles, working as messengers and carriers, can now be analyzed in a whole ...
Breaking the Laws of Biology: Scientists Expose Cancer’s “Secret Weapon”
DNA is typically found within chromosomes, but certain tumors store cancer-promoting genes outside of chromosomes as ...
T-cell dysfunction increases cancer risk in obese populations, researchers say
Researchers at Saint Louis University's School of Medicine say T-cell dysfunction is leading to an increased risk of cancer ...