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Organelle
(noun. /or-gan-ELL/) by Mariah Jones What does it mean? Organelles are specialized structures or fixtures that are located inside cells. […]
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by Madison Williams The cell cycle is the process by which our cells grow and divide. This process happens during […]
Continue readingMajor Histocompatibility Complex
(noun. /MAY-jer /HIS-toe-com-PAT-uh-BIL-ih-tee /COM-plex) by Taylor Tibbs What does it mean? The Major Histocompatibility Complex, commonly referred to as just […]
Continue readingApoptosis
By Mohamed Mahmoud Have you ever imagined that cells can die by suicide or thought of how and why they […]
Continue readingNo Oxygen? No Problem: How to Work in an Anaerobic Chamber
By Nicole Gadda Anaerobic? What does that mean? The word anaerobic means “living, acting, or existing in the absence of […]
Continue readingCell cycle
By Mohamed Mahmoud The human body contains about 37.2 trillion cells. All of these cells are derived from only one fertilized […]
Continue readingFlow Cytometry
By Carolina Herrera Fun rating: 4/5 Difficulty rating: 4/5 What is the general purpose? Flow cytometry is a technique used […]
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By Alec Chaves (noun. /sin-SIH-she-um/) What does it mean? A syncytium is a collection of subcellular or cellular parts that […]
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By Mariah Jones (noun. /MAK-row-sites/) What does it mean? A macrocyte is an unusually large red blood cell. Macrocytes area […]
Continue readingMammalian Cell Culture
By Whitney Bell Fun rating: 2/5 Difficulty rating: 4/5 4/5 petri dishes depending on the day. Mammalian cell culturing can […]
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By Anastacia Wienecke (noun. /hee-mo-sai-TAA-meh-ter/) What does it mean? One tool that many biological researchers have in their laboratory toolboxes is […]
Continue readingHematopoiesis
By Sara Lowe (Noun. /hee-ma-do-po-EE-sis/.) What does it mean? Hematopoiesis is the process in which a stem cell will develop […]
Continue readingEndothelium
By Madison Williams (noun. /en-do-THEE-lee-uhm) What does it mean? The endothelium is a single layer of cells that makes up […]
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By Zoe Terwilliger (noun. /puh-RENK-uh-ma or /PAIR-en-kai-ma/) What does it mean? Organs can be made of several parts–some parts perform […]
Continue readingThe T Lymphocyte
By Alan Curtis As humans, we are constantly interacting with our environments: we sit on the couch, we ride in […]
Continue readingCAR T-cell therapy
By Devina Thiono Versión en Español In 2019, around 1.8 million new cancer cases are expected in the U.S. 12,000 […]
Continue readingAutoimmunity: How T Cells Go Wrong
By Christian Agosto-Burgos Every single day we are all exposed to thousands of nasty and tiny pathogens, such as bacteria, […]
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By Eva Vitucci Blood. It makes some people squeamish, some people faint, but it makes all of us alive. Blood […]
Continue readingSpace Biology: The Search for Life Beyond Earth
By Sam Stadmiller Have you ever wondered if aliens are real? Well, scientists do too, and they spend lots of […]
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