Blue-blooded and armored with 10 spindly legs, horseshoe crabs have perhaps always seemed a bit out of place.
Evolution
Mar 9, 2019
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The burst of cells forming cartilage is associated with mineralization during the early stages of bone formation, and nanofragments of the cell membranes can act as nucleation sites for amorphous calcium phosphate, as reported ...
Materials Science
Feb 13, 2018
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Replicating how cancer and other cells interact in the body is somewhat difficult in the lab. Biologists generally culture one cell type in plastic plates, which doesn't represent the dynamic cell interactions within living ...
Biotechnology
Aug 14, 2015
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MIT engineers have devised a way to rapidly test hundreds of different drug-delivery vehicles in living animals, making it easier to discover promising new ways to deliver a class of drugs called biologics, which includes ...
Biotechnology
Sep 30, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Trillions of bacteria live in and on the human body; a few species can make us sick, but many others keep us healthy by boosting digestion and preventing inflammation. Although there's plenty of evidence that ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 24, 2014
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(Phys.org) —The central dogma of biology is that DNA gives rise to mRNA, which then gives rise to protein. Thus, it has been widely assumed that changes in specific mRNA levels are always accompanied by commensurate changes ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 28, 2013
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Over the past six years, the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory (NCL), a key component of the NCI’s Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer, has characterized more than 250 ...
Bio & Medicine
Aug 17, 2012
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