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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.

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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

More than 100 years after he received his Nobel Prize, we are indebted to Cajal for our knowledge of what the nervous system looks like.

From Scientific American • Apr. 9, 2022

In April 1888 Cajal prepared samples from the cerebellum of a three-day-old pigeon embryo.

From Scientific American • Apr. 9, 2022

The cells of this layer are the so-called cells of Cajal.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various