Schwann
The·o·dor [tey-oh-dawr], /ˈteɪ oʊˌdɔr/, 1810–82, German zoologist.
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In the skin, specialized Schwann cells kick off pain sensations, scientists reported in Science in 2019.
Glial cells may take on big jobs in unexpected parts of the body | Laura Sanders | June 2, 2022 | Science NewsIn a lab dish, other researchers have found, Schwann cells will grow toward cancer cells.
Glial cells may take on big jobs in unexpected parts of the body | Laura Sanders | June 2, 2022 | Science NewsTheodore Schwann, the discoverer of the cell doctrine, deemed her condition natural.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin Malley"You must hire the yacht of Schwann, just as you were instructed," Hunterleys pointed out.
Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo | E. Phillips OppenheimThis important work dated back to 1842 and was inspired by his enthusiasm for the then novel cell-theory of Schleiden and Schwann.
It was Schwann's merit to interpose between the tissue and the mere unorganised material a new element of structure, the cell.
Form and Function | E. S. (Edward Stuart) RussellSchwann was only twenty-nine when his master-work appeared, and the book is clearly the work of a young man.
Form and Function | E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
British Dictionary definitions for Schwann
/ (German ʃvan) /
Theodor (ˈteːodoːr). 1810–82, German physiologist, who founded the theory that all animals consist of cells or cell products
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