Episode Details

Today we discuss how frog skin stem cells were recently used to create microscopic living machines, how scientists are trying to replicate the powerful punch of a mantis shrimp, and a new breakthrough in the creation of an oral insulin tablet. 

Frog Skin Cells  

• “Frog skin cells turned themselves into living machines” by Laura Sanders
  • https://www.sciencenews.org/article/frog-skin-cells-self-made-living-machines-xenobots
• “A cellular platform for the development of synthetic living machines” by Douglas Blackiston, Emma Lederer, and Michael Levin
  • https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.abf1571

Shrimp Robots  

• “Small, Mighty Robots Mimic the Powerful Punch of Mantis Shrimp” by US Army Research Laboratory
  • https://neurosciencenews.com/mantis-shrimp-robot-19301/
• “Robot mimics the powerful punch of the mantis shrimp” by Harvard University
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If4IURa2Joo

Oral Insulin Tablet  

• “Breakthrough results in developing an oral insulin tablet” by University of British Columbia
  • https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-08-breakthrough-results-oral-insulin-tablet.html
• “Major Breakthrough In Development Of Oral Insulin Tablet Made In Rat Study” by Katie Spaulding
  • https://www.iflscience.com/major-breakthrough-in-development-of-oral-insulin-tablet-made-in-rat-study-65127

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