cellprogramming
nounUK /ˈsel prəʊɡræmɪŋ/
US /ˈsel proʊɡræmɪŋ/
Cell programming is when people give tiny living parts of a body new jobs to do.
Scientists used cell programming to make bacteria glow in the dark.
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2. Writing instructions that tell a small unit of a spreadsheet or battery how to work.
The spreadsheet's cell programming made the totals update automatically.
3. Teaching a tiny living unit to sense something and respond to it.
Their cell programming let the microbes detect pollution in water.
4. The process of changing how a cell behaves by giving it new genetic instructions.
Cell programming turned the stem cells into heart muscle cells.