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Prof. Michael Levin
Professor at Tufts University; Director of the Allen Discovery Center
Developmental biology • bioelectricity • behavior science • and emergent intelligence
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Focus: Developmental biology, bioelectricity, and emergent intelligence
Michael Levin is Professor at Tufts University and Director of the Allen Discovery Center. His research focuses on how embodied minds arise and function in the physical world. He publishes raw recordings of academic discussions and interviews on his Michael Levin's Academic Content YouTube channel as an open-science forum for working scientific dialogue.
Expert discussions with Prof. Michael Levin
Cancer: mitochondria and metabolism - a discussion with Thomas Seyfried and his group
Seyfried argues that cancer may be a disease of damaged mitochondria, the energy-producing structures inside cells. Researchers in this discussion argue that many tumor cells become unusually dependent on sugar and the amino acid glutamine because of impaired energy metabolism. The discussion examines structural cell abnormalities across cancers and the role of the Glucose Ketone Index in management. This view challenges the genetic model of cancer and is still contested in mainstream oncology.