The intricate, hidden processes that sustain coral life are being revealed through a new microscope developed by scientists ...

The intricate, hidden processes that sustain coral life are being revealed through a new microscope developed by scientists ...

About 16% of adults worldwide (2.5 billion people) are obese, and 37 million children under the age of five are overweight; the prevalence of both conditions has more than doubled between 1990 and ...

For example, in addition to the ‘classical’ fat (adipocyte) cells, we found subpopulations of adipocytes, characterized here for the first time, that express RNA molecules indicating unique functions, ...

BEER-SHEVA, Israel, February 18, 2025 – A new international study led by scientists from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has characterized the populations of fat cells in various fat tissues ...

Perhaps they were fat cells, known as “adipocytes,” he thought. “They’re big. They’re filled with lipids. They look like a pearl—whitish, and iridescent under the microscope.

A new technique was developed to select and harvest cultured cells that are targeted under a microscope. It utilizes a thermo-responsive dish on which cells are adhesive at temperatures above ~33degC ...

CAP1 siRNA Knockdown Breast cancer cells were reverse transfected with anti-CAP1 or scrambled (non-targeting control) siRNA. In brief, cells were seeded in a 6-well plate to obtain 70% confluence in a ...

A standardized extract of the plant Caralluma fimbriata (Slimaluma?) is widely used in the management of obesity but its mode of action is not yet clarified. This study investigated the ability of ...

Sourdough under the microscope reveals microbes cultivated over generations "There can be more than 20 different species of yeast and 50 different species of bacteria in a sourdough starter" ...