What is the role of macrophages in the immune response? Macrophages are a type of white blood cell present in our innate immune system. They are specialized effector cells that detect and destroy harmful pathogens (e.g., bacteria or viruses), as well as diseased and...
Lung cancer: the world’s deadliest cancer The World Health Organization (WHO) reports lung cancer as the most common cause of cancer death in 2020. It is estimated to have caused 1.8 million deaths worldwide, 85% of which, were classified as non‐small cell lung...
Dr. Joanna Depciuch, who runs a lab in the Department of Functional Nanomaterials, based at the Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences (Krakow, Poland), is the proud owner of a CX-A. Joanna specializes in the synthesis of nanoparticles (NPs),...
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) hold great promise for regenerative medicines such as cell therapy and tissue engineering (1,2). These approaches require cells to be grown in culture and differentiated into specific cell types such as osteoblasts (bone cells),...
Stem cells were isolated from the umbilical cord matrix and grown in culture for 14 days. At this stage most cells in the population are at the mature megakaryocyte stage and can start producing platelets in internal membranes present in their cytoplasm. In this...
