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True, and obviously worms and humans aren’t closely related. With that said, this research is about how cells cooperate to form a multicellular animal. I thin
by Affric 3y ago
True, and obviously worms and humans aren’t closely related.
With that said, this research is about how cells cooperate to form a multicellular animal.
I think it would be interesting to use the results to design an experiment that could be applied to animals more closely related to humans (that with these results in hand you could get passed the animal ethics committee).
- fnordpiglet 3y agoWell, it’s how mitochondria in cells in worms cooperate. We already know cells cooperate through many channels and some channels we understand quite well. This is truly only about worms right now. Obviously generalizing to other animals will be important next steps. But the title and text of the article implies a much more general understanding than we actually have. It’s not to diminish the results in the least. But science isn’t served by claiming progress we haven’t made, it makes it harder to fund the next step by building an assumption of nonexistent progress.