amoeboid
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The researchers plan to expand their research to other cancers and see if they uncover the same link between amoeboid cells and CD73.
From Science Daily • Oct. 18, 2023
The research, published in Science Advances and funded by Barts Charity and Cancer Research UK, found that many patients' pancreatic cancer contains cells called amoeboid cells.
From Science Daily • Oct. 18, 2023
The ur-slime was Urschleim: the original mucus, an amoeboid living ooze, dredged up from the bottom of the North Atlantic by the steamship Porcupine in 1868.
From Slate • Jul. 18, 2016
Sperm form is diverse and includes cells with flagella or amoeboid cells to facilitate motility.
From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013
It had the general appearance of a large tortoise without a shell, its body an amoeboid puddle beneath a long neck.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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