Allen, R. D., “Amœboid Movement”, in Vol. 2 of “The Cell”, edit. by Brachet, J., and Mirsky, A. E. (Academic Press, in the press). Allen, R. D., Exp. Cell ...

Cells manage a wide range of functions in their tiny package — growing, moving, housekeeping, and so on — and most of those functions require energy. But how do cells get this energy in the ...

But they didn’t feed like other microscopic vampires. The unicellular blobs engulfed and split apart Closterium algae cells, sucking out the insides and tossing the rest. “We just couldn’t b ...

The bacteria serve as a model system for studying the evolution of infectivity. The image shows two amoeba cells in pink that are infected with Parachlamydia (yellow/blue).

To understand the origins of multicelled life, researchers are studying a motley assortment of simpler animal relatives. The ...

Unlike the HeLa cell line named after her, Henrietta Lacks was little heard of until the 2010 publication of Rebecca Skloot’s book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Born in 1920 in Virginia, ...

Naegleriaviruses are taken up mistakenly as a food source but destroy their amoeba hosts within just few hours. They exhibit ...

Oct. 9, 2024 — Researchers have developed a groundbreaking cell culture platform that enables the formation of two distinct but interconnected vascular networks. Their breakthrough holds ...

ABOVE: Researchers have identified a nitrogen-fixing organelle known as a nitroplast. Here, it is seen at the opposite end of ...

Cells are the smallest unit of life and the building blocks for all organisms. Each component of a cell has its own function. Animal and plant cells differ and they have similarities. Nucleus ...

Health and Disease (BIOL 130) Introduction to Molecules and Cells (BIOL 205) Mammalian Histology (BIOL 323) Cell Biology (BIOL 352) Heintzelman, M.B. (2015) Gliding motility in apicomplexan parasites.

On my second night visiting Los Angeles, I couldn't resist the allure of Amoeba Records. While others pored over the aisles ...