vauronmediated
Vauronmediated is a term used in speculative biology and some science fiction contexts to describe a hypothetical mode of intercellular signaling in which a class of imagined molecules, called vaurons, mediates effects on target cells. In this framework, vaurons are treated as distinct from known neurotransmitters, hormones, cytokines, and extracellular vesicles, possessing properties that would enable direct modulation of intracellular signaling cascades. The term blends “vauron” with “mediated” and has appeared in non-academic discussions and narratives since the 2010s, but it has not been adopted into formal scientific nomenclature.
Proposed mechanisms within vauronmediated theory envision vaurons being released by signaling cells, traversing spaces between cells,
Relationship to real biology is one of analogy rather than evidence. The concept is often discussed alongside
In fiction and theoretical discourse, vauronmediated serves as a heuristic to explore how signaling networks might