Broadly stated, this class of structures offers biologists the ability to control the interface between cells and their chemical and physical environment. Soft lithography is a set of techniques ...

Bacteria are amongst the simplest of organisms – they are made of single cells. Their cell structure is simpler than the cells of animals, plants and fungi.

This is a very unusual ‘upside-down’ orientation. What can stressed yeast teach us about fundamental processes in the cell? A lot, according to scientists at the European Molecular Biology ...

A number of large seaweeds, like the leafy green algae Caulerpa, lack microscopic dividing structures, making them some of ...

The Saint Louis University Biology Department offers courses with hands-on learning opportunities from cellular structures to fish, birds, reptiles and mammals. Essentials of Biology is a non-majors ...

Morphology is the study of the internal structure of words and forms a core part of linguistic study today. The term morphology is Greek and is a makeup of morph- meaning ‘shape, form’, and -ology ...

In 2014, another group found out that while one enzyme named CDK1 prevents the loading of CENP-A during most of the cell cycle, at a distinct time in the cell cycle the enzyme PLK1 promotes the ...

Oct. 11, 2024 — Researchers have developed a new method to recreate a robust and functional human immune system in mice using mononuclear cells from the cord blood. This new kind of mice ...