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Cajal

British  
/ kaˈxal /

noun

  1. Santiago Ramon y. 1852–1934, Spanish histologist, a pioneer of modern neurophysiology: shared the Nobel prize for medicine 1906.

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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This organization gives rise to unique pH profiles within nucleoli, which they measured and compared with the pH of nearby non-nucleolar condensates including nuclear speckles and Cajal bodies.

From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2024

“We want to lose this lack of trust that exists between vulnerable communities and the doctors,” said Ignacio Muñoz-Sanjuan, the founder of Factor H and the chief executive of Cajal Neurocience, a Seattle-based drug-discovery company.

From New York Times • May 23, 2023

As a Fulbright Scholar, Dawn M. Hunter spent weeks at the Cajal Legacy exhibit, a collection of Santiago Ramn y Cajal’s original works, personal items and death mask at the Cajal Institute in Spain.

From Scientific American • Aug. 26, 2022

Even the color palette is an ode to Cajal, inspired by the color schemes in some of his artistic works, Hunter says.

From Scientific American • Aug. 26, 2022

As to how these isolated nerve cells functionate, Dr. Cajal gave the clew from the very first, and his explanation has met with universal approval.

From A History of Science — Volume 4 by Williams, Henry Smith

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