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claim:developmental-bioelectricity-provides-a-tractable-entrypoint-into-the-informational-architecture-of-the-collective-intelligence-of-morphogenesisDevelopmental bioelectricity provides a tractable entrypoint into the informational architecture of the collective intelligence of morphogenesis.
Bioelectric patterns serve as re-writable pattern memories for anatomical homeostasis.
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- Manipulating gap junctions or ion channels can permanently alter the target morphology in planaria, resulting in two-headed animals that regenerate two heads without further intervention.
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- Levin-led research showing bioelectric signals encode and control anatomical goal states in living systems.
- Bioelectric morphogenesis & memorymembers_ofMichael Levin's research on bioelectric signaling controlling anatomical goals, regeneration, and cancer.
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