Golgi

American

[gohl-jee, gawl-jee] / ˈgoʊl dʒi, ˈgɔl dʒi /

noun

Camillo 1843?–1926, Italian physician and histologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1906.

Golgi British

/ ˈɡɔldʒi /

noun

Camillo (kaˈmillo). 1844–1926, Italian neurologist and histologist, noted for his work on the central nervous system and his discovery in animal cells of the bodies known by his name: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1906

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As it turns out, the healthy function of the Golgi apparatus has a lot to do with how well T-cells function in killing cancer cells.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2024

Scientists have long studied membrane-bound compartments, called organelles, in plant cells, such as the Golgi apparatus, mitochondria, and most significantly, the nucleus, where DNA gets copied and transcribed into RNA.

From Science Daily ● May 7, 2024

Golgi complexes are found universally in eukaryotes, but their overall organization varies.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 29, 2024

The team also showed Golgi ribbons form at a specific timepoint during embryogenesis, which suggests that they might play a role in cell differentiation.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 29, 2024

Golgi himself proved that the set of fibrils known as protoplasmic prolongations terminate by free extremities, and have no direct connection with any cell save the one from which they spring.

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

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