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What is Darkfield Microscopy?

Monday, September 21st, 2009

In most of our microscope activities, we normally use microscopes that utilize white light for its illumination.  These high power and low power microscopes are called brightfield microscopes. These types of microscopes are commonly used in most microscope activities, from simple kid microscopes, student microscopes to professional microscope applications.  However, there are also microscopes that […]

Newly Created Cancer Stem Cells Could Aid Breast Cancer Research

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

According to pathologists, Tan Ince, certain tumors act a lot like bee colonies in some ways. In the tumor, each cancer cell has a specific role and just a portion of the cells act as the so-called queens, like those found in bee colonies. These queen cells have the unique capability of sustaining themselves in […]

Transforming Fibroblasts

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

A recent study puts into the spotlight the mechanical factors that perform an essential responsibility in the differentiation and function of fibroblasts, which are the connective tissue cells that work towards the achievement of wound healing and scar tissue formation.
When the body is injured, it initiates a complex rescue operation. Specialized cells, called fibroblasts, located […]

Stem Cells for Massive Skull Injury

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Skulls of laboratory mice were made whole again in Baltimore with the use of bone tissue grown from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs). These experiments were conducted by a team of researchers from John Hopkins University. The scientists developed a new technique in healing critical-size defects in intramembraneous bone. These types of defects do not […]

New Dish for Better Culture

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

A group of biomedical engineers from Brown University has developed a three-dimensional Petri dish that can produce cells in three dimensions. This method may quickly and cheaply grow more realistic cells for use the applications for drug development and tissue transplantation.The practice involves the use of a new dish that permits cells to naturally self-assemble […]

Gel Scaffold, a Key in Tissue Culture

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Scientists may be able to produce synthetically engineered tissues, like muscle or cartilage, considered necessary for transplant procedures very soon. A key development in this field is a microvascular system that was developed by engineers from Cornell. The said scientists reported in the journal Nature Materials that such microvascular system can feed the tissues that […]

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