Michael Levin on Rethinking Biology, Regrowing Limbs with Bioelectricity w/ Dr Yu

In this Science and U episode, David Gornoski and Dr Weiping Yu are joined by Professor Michael Levin for a conversation on bioelectricity, platonic space, stress sharing, regeneration of limbs, and more.

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Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
2:00 Overview of Levin's research
4:47 Platonic space
8:33 Mathematics and consciousness
9:47 Bioelectricity, the cognitive glue
13:45 Stress sharing
21:41 Fundamental principle in biology
25:15 Amputation and regeneration
28:15 Information in the genome
31:20 The goal of the cell
34:25 How cells operate during cancer
39:08 Electrical therapy
47:07 Light sensitive channels
48:58 Ion channel drugs
50:18 Limb regeneration
53:30 Interconnectedness
55:01 Killing cancer cells
56:45 Closing