the key to cross-species communications?

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I was reading an article the other day, about some researchers who are working to crack the code that cells use to communicate with each other. Since cells are cells – when you get right down to it, aren't they a kind of building block? – I see here the glimmerings of a solution, we'll figure out how the cells talk to each other, then use that as a vehicle for inter-species communications.