Abstract

BIOLOGICAL CELLS EXHIBIT INTELLECTUAL BEHAVIOR

Y. K. Lahir*

Abstract

Intelligence and behavior are linked and both appear to be complex and cognitive in nature. Intelligence is an ability to recognize, detect the fluctuations within a biosystem, in its ambient environment and exhibit cordial behavior. Cellular and physiological processes like apoptosis, cell cycle, cellular signaling/communication, biochemicalstructural, self-assembly, rectification of deformed or disorganized or broken aspects of molecules like DNA, reorientation of protein molecules, etc., reflect on the intellectual cellular behavior. The layer of glycocalyx and cell membrane are potential biological barriers and provides suitable binding-sites. Common modes of cellular signaling/communication are autocrine, paracrine, juxtacrine and endocrine. Immune cellular signaling/communications are specific and play significant role during innate and adaptive immune responses. There is a possibility of collective efforts by genes towards intelligence. A biofilm is a site where physiochemical forces are active ensuring its survival in normal and extreme conditions including conditions in ravine and mesocosms habitats. The study on cellular intelligence and behavior is useful in understanding the mechanism involved and its application in tissue culture, and regenerative medicine. In this presentation, an effort is made to review current developments in different aspects of cellular intelligence and behavior.

Keywords: Basal-body, Biofilms, Biomaterials, Biophysical aspects, Cell-to cell communication, Cellular-intelligence, Centriole, Ciliogenesis, Feed-back-pathway, Geneticsand- intelligence, Molecular-intelligence, molecular-recognition, Nanomaterials.