Скачать или смотреть Bioelectricity

"Electricity is not only in the wires above our streets. It lives inside us. Every cell carries a charge, a quiet current shaping life itself. This is bioelectricity — the hidden language of living systems."

"At the smallest scale, ions move across membranes, creating voltage patterns. These patterns guide cells: when to divide, when to migrate, when to transform. Voltage is not noise — it is instruction, a code written in currents."

"In embryos, bioelectric signals sketch the blueprint of the body. They tell tissues where to grow, what to become. Change the voltage, and you can change destiny — even coax a gut cell to grow an eye. In regeneration, these currents act like memory, reminding tissues of their original form, and sometimes rewriting it."

"When bioelectric codes falter, the consequences are profound. Cancer cells often depolarize, breaking free from the collective harmony. Tumors hijack electrical signals, wiring themselves into neural circuits. Yet here too lies hope: therapies that restore voltage patterns can slow, or even reverse, disease."

"New tools — optical probes, voltage indicators, electroceuticals — allow us to see and shape these hidden currents. Bioelectricity is not just a phenomenon; it is a frontier. A code waiting to be read, a language waiting to be spoken. If electricity can sculpt bodies, heal wounds, and tame cancers, what else might it teach us? Bioelectricity is the quiet conductor of life’s symphony. And we are only beginning to listen."

“This narration draws on the work of Guang Jun Zhang and Michael Levin and was shaped with the assistance of Microsoft Copilot avatar, Noor.”

For those who want to dive deeper, this narration is based on the paper: Bioelectricity is a universal multifaced signaling cue in living organisms by Guang Jun Zhang and Michael Levin. Published in Molecular Biology of the Cell, Volume 36, February 1, 2025. Zhang is with the Department of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. Levin is with the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts.