Organisms Created in Laboratory Are "Third State" Beyond Life and Death, Scientists SayScientists can repurpose cells into biological robots, creating a "third state" that blurs the line between life and death.
Proteins let cells remember how well their last division wentCells can remember when their parent had difficulty dividing due to DNA damage, leading to halted division in offspring.Cells have a memory system that triggers them to stop dividing if they experience problems during the division process.