Life and death are traditionally viewed as opposites. But the emergence of new multicellular life-forms from the cells of a ...

Another example of cells that grow in a way that harms other members of their groups are cancer cells, which are a potential problem for all multicellular organisms.

Research shows that there may be a third state between life and death where certain cells find new life as multicellular organisms.

Each cell in an MMB consortium has a role that contributes to the survival of the entire group. This behavior is similar to how individual cells within multicellular organisms behave. For example ...

Indeed, some prokaryotes have achieved versions of multicellularity—for example, some photosynthetic cyanobacteria partition labor into two cell types, where one cell type carries out ...

Cells in multicellular plants and animals are arranged into tissues, organs and organ systems. Back to top. ... For example, millions of muscle cells make up muscle tissue.

A study presents a striking example of cooperative organization among cells as a potential force in the evolution of multicellular life. The study is based on the fluid dynamics of cooperative ...

Current tools for studying multicellular systems are often limited to destructive biochemical analysis, characterization of dissociated cells or molecule-specific imaging with fluorescent labels.

One of the most promising pieces of research was a 2021 study that found the skin cells from dead frogs could spontaneously reorganize to form multicellular organisms called "xenobots." These are ...

Facultative multicellular organisms are organisms that can exist either as single cells or in a multicellular form depending on environmental conditions. For example, ...

Life Multicellular life may have begun with brief alliances between cells. Single-celled organisms called Stentor can feed more efficiently by pairing up, illustrating a possible stage in the ...