News tagged with pseudopod
Researchers have immune cells running in circles
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine researchers have identified the important role a protein plays in the body's first line of defense in directing immune cells called neutrophils toward ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Genome sequencing complete on plodding amoeba that flips into free-swimming flagellate (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the long evolutionary road from bacteria to humans, a major milestone occurred some 1.5 billion years ago when microbes started building closets for all their stuff, storing DNA inside a nucleus, for example, ...
Mar 04, 2010 |
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How cells change the pace of their steps
Scientists at UC San Diego have discovered how cells of higher organisms change the speed at which they move, a basic biological discovery that may help researchers devise ways to prevent cancer cells from ...
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Aug 06, 2007 |
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Researcher to create robotic locomotion that mimics amoeba
Creating a robotic locomotion mechanism based on the motion of single-cell organisms is the goal of Virginia Tech College of Engineering researcher Dennis Hong, who has received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early ...
Mar 19, 2007 |
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Movies shed new light on how nerves are wrapped
Much like the electrical wiring in your house, the nerves in your body need to be completely covered by a layer of insulation to work properly.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 15, 2006 |
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