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SEEING IS BELIEVING: FLUORESCENCE
Fluorescence generates vibrant colors that allows us to tell one cell from another, and even one biomolecule from another. This has led to great advances in our understanding of immunology by allowing us a peek into biological interactions at the cellular level.
BREAST CANCER - ONE DIAGNOSIS, MANY DIFFERENT DISEASES?
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women and about a quarter of a million new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed this year. For many years previously, patients with breast cancer have been prescribed essentially the same blanket treatment for their cancer. However, “breast cancer” itself is not just one disease; patients who are diagnosed with breast cancer may have tumors that differ in many significant ways, including amount of aggression and sensitivity to drug treatments.
LIVING BY THE CLOCK: HOW CELLS TELL TIME
An overview of how your cells build molecular clocks to maintain the daily cycles of your life.
THE STRANGE SEAHORSE TAIL
At first glance, the animal kingdom has no shortage of tails. From crocodiles to platypuses, squirrels to pigs and fish to boa constrictors, the shapes, sizes and textures are diverse. But whether flat, flexible, paddle-like, scaly, bare, mighty, curly or fluffy, all tails have one thing in common: they are roughly circular in cross-section. Of all the tails in all the world, there’s just one that differs. And it belongs to the seahorse.