{"id":17710,"date":"2023-12-03T01:52:09","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T20:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=17710"},"modified":"2025-04-05T06:06:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T00:36:30","slug":"anthrobots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/anthrobots\/","title":{"rendered":"What are Anthrobots?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Anthrobots<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>These are constructed from\u00a0human tracheal cells which are bio-robots that possess self-assembly capabilities.<\/li>\n<li>These are\u00a0capable of both movement and healing neurons within a laboratory setting.<\/li>\n<li>They can spontaneously fuse together to form a larger structure called a superbot, which was able to encourage the growth of neurons.<\/li>\n<li>Size: They are\u00a0measuring between the width of a human hair and the tip of a sharpened pencil.<\/li>\n<li>Structure: The anthrobots displayed diversity in structure and behavior. Some took on a\u00a0spherical shape fully covered in cilia, while others resembled a football shape irregularly adorned with cilia.<\/li>\n<li>These anthrobots are\u00a0different from Xenobots, which are created from embryonic stem cells of frog.<\/li>\n<li>Application\n<ul>\n<li>They hold promise for\u00a0regenerative medicine, wound healing, and disease treatment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What are Tracheal cells?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>These are\u00a0from the lining of the bronchi\/trachea, the network of tubes used to convey air to the lungs.<\/li>\n<li>They are responsible for producing lubricating mucus to keep the airways functional and they are a type of epithelial cell, a term used generally to refer to cells lining the inside or outside of the body.<\/li>\n<li>These cells generate mucus and a number of other compounds, which\u00a0play an important role in respiration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What are Xenobots?<\/h3>\n<p>Xenobots are computer-generated, programmable lifeforms made out of stem cells harvested from the African frog, Xenopus laevis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/science\/anthrobots-human-cell-derived-tiny-robots-leave-scientists-surprised-4625936\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Anthrobots: Human Cell-Derived Tiny Robots Leave Scientists Surprised<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthrobots are constructed from human tracheal cells which are bio-robots that possess self-assembly capabilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":17711,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17710","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}