Archive for the ‘The cell’ Category


HIV infection caught on videotape - Thursday, March 26th, 2009

New video captures AIDS moving inside immune cells: HIV enters pods that form on the surface, then jumps across into a healthy immune cell that is now doomed to spread HIV — and die.



Embryonic stem cells without the embryo! - Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

Scientists learn to make human embryonic stem cells without using eggs, embryos, or legal hassles. Adding four genes to skin cells did the trick.



Unsilly cilia: Do tiny hairs help our sense of touch? - Thursday, October 25th, 2007

Survive the vaccination routine? That’s no fun for anyone — parent or child.



Computer + Microbiology = Cellular Simulation? - Thursday, April 12th, 2007

Computer graphics and microbiology unite as scientists build complex digital models of cellular machinery to view a microscopic world in powerful new ways.




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