Despite the absence of a brain, the slime mold can perform amazing tasks with its cell structure and react to its environment. It moves actively in search of food, forming a branched network of ...

Dictyostelium discoideum, a type of slime mold, produces differentiation-inducing ... from promoting glucose uptake in mammalian cells to inhibiting cancer cell adhesion and metastasis.

Despite the absence of a brain, the slime mold can perform amazing tasks with its cell structure and react to its environment. It moves actively in search of food, forming a branched network of ...