Zebrafish may hold key to understanding human nerve cell development
...precursors -- the specialized neurons found in the inner earof humans that make hearing possible. This rese...er, in humans hair cells areburied deep inside the inner ear making them difficult to access. Haircells in zebrafish are located on the surface of their body...Nano-Probes Allow an Inside Look at Cell Nuclei
...fancy, but biologists may soon use it to watch the inner workings of a living cell like never before. Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have developed a way to sneak nano-sized probes inside cell nuc...Purdue proves concept of using nano-materials for drug discovery
... a protein, was placed inside the vessels - on the inner surface of the alumina membranes - and the liquid was placed outside each vessel so that it covered the opposite side of the membranes. When the liquid diffused through the membrane's pores, it mixed with the enzyme, causing a reaction and turning bl...Poplar trees redirect resources in response to simulated attack
... as we've learned to use radiotracers to image the inner workings of the living human brain, we can now track biochemical and physiological processes within plants using these powerful imaging tools," said Richard Ferrieri, who leads Brookhaven's role in the research. "This enables us to study the effects ...The transparent organism: EMBLEM and Carl Zeiss give labs a unique look at life
...it possible to make three-dimensional films of the inner workings of living organisms at a much higher level of detail than ever before. One innovation of SPIM is the illumination of a sample from the side rather than along the traditional view of the microscope lens. This eliminates a problem that has pl...