Cells may possess hidden communication system
>formatting linkNew research finds ion gradients across membranes form an information network for rapid cellular decision-making independent of DNA
>Date:
>April 24, 2024
>Source:
>H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
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>Seems logical to me...
"For decades, scientists have viewed DNA as the sole source of cellular information."
Well, some of the dumber ones did. Cellular function studies have a long and honored history of stupidity.
Nerve cells communicate with with one another by fiddling local potassium to sodium ion ratios. It changes the voltage difference across the cell-to-cell junctions. The signals can propagate fairly fast.
DNA doesn't come into it (or at least not directly).
Science daily was suggesting that regular cells use a similar sort of system for communicating with their near neighbours. Why this would be a "hidden communication system" escapes me. If nobody looked for it, it wouldn't have to be "hidden" to be unknown.
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