Elizabeth Chen: Fusing cells press closer

Elizabeth Chen: Fusing cells press closer

M ost cells in the body are solo entities, self-contained within a cell membrane. But there are certain cases in which cells meld together. Skeletal muscle cells, for example, are multinucleate syncytia that form through the process of cell–cell fusion. Osteo-clasts, a type of cell involved in bone remodeling, also fuse together to promote better bone resorption. And you would not be reading th...

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" It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy – it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others. "-Sense & Sensibility, by Jane Austen. Sex has always been a topic of interest for the popular media where stories of promiscuous young adults and celebrity pregnancies stimulate...

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Bajijiasu is an oligosaccharide extracted from the traditional Chinese medicine Radix Morindae Officinalis (Morinda officinalis F.C. How) used for disease about intelligence and memory. The effects of Bajijiasu on learning and non-cognitive disturbances have been confirmed. However, its potential to protect against Alzheimer’s disease was not clearly studied. In this work, we want to study the ...