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Cyborg zebrafish has swimming muscles made of beating human heart cells
Cyborg zebrafish has swimming muscles made of beating human heart cells,In fiction, cyborgs typically start as fully biological and later have mechanical elements incorporated. This has the convenient consequences of avoiding questions of whether or not a cyborg is a living thing. The recent creation of a biohybrid fish, modeled after a zebrafish and crafted in part out of human heart cells, blurs the lines around what it means to be alive.

Cyborg zebrafish has swimming muscles made of beating human heart cells

In fiction, cyborgs typically start as fully biological and later have mechanical elements incorporated. This has the convenient consequences of avoiding questions of whether or not a cyborg is a living thing. The recent creation of a biohybrid fish, modeled after a zebrafish and crafted in part out of human heart cells, blurs the lines around what it means to be alive.