cell biology

American  

noun

1. the branch of biology dealing with the study of cells, especially their formation, structure, components, and function.

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Example Sentences

Because this junction is so small and its activity unfolds rapidly, it has long been challenging to study in detail, says Shigeki Watanabe, Ph.D., an associate professor of cell biology at Johns Hopkins Medicine and the senior author of the study.

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"We've known since our 2015 study that soybean oil is more obesogenic than coconut oil," said Frances Sladek, a UCR professor of cell biology.

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Czechowicz began studying blood-forming stem cells in 2004 as an undergraduate working with Irving Weissman, MD, then director of Stanford's Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine.

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The study, titled "Leucine inhibits degradation of outer mitochondrial membrane proteins to adapt mitochondrial respiration," was published in Nature Cell Biology.

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"Understanding how stem cells are regulated in living organisms is one of the great challenges in the fields of stem cell biology and regenerative medicine," said Sánchez Alvarado.

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