Top Ten BioTechniques News You Cannot Miss in 2015
The time speeded so quickly that it is July 2015—a half of the year has passed. As the summer approaching, BioTechniques magazine summarizes the top ten most popular news stories that should not to ...
MERS FAQ—to Explain the New Coronavirus
Currently, the deadly respiratory virus known as the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, first confirmed in 2012 in the Middle East, has resurfaced in Asia. Until Jun 30, the number of ...
Protect Your Skin This Summer
Enjoying the beautiful sunshine, laying outside on the beach, or swimming in your backyard pool, well, now the summer is truly coming. Your skin can soak up some fresh air and sunlight, which makes ...
Keratinocytes: Introduction, Function, and Significance
Introduction Due to its large proportion of comprising epidermis cells over 90%, Keratinocyte is often known for being the predominant cell type in the epidermis---one of three parts of the skin but ...
How Much Do You Know about White Blood Cells?
Once speaking of white blood cells, people usually regard them as the body guarder: Whenever a bacteria and other foreign invasion enters the body, the white blood cells will notice and race toward ...
Brief Review of Hepatic Stellate Cell
Hepatic Stellate CellThere are truly a lot of liver cells, including hepatocytes, liver endothelial cells, kupffer cells, hepatic stellate cells, and others. Hepatic stellate cells are liver-specific ...
Adult Stem Cells Derived from Adipose Tissue
Adipose derived stem cells are cells isolated from adipose tissue (depots of fat for storing energy ), such as the abdominal region. Because many people possess excess fat , and the harvest procedure ...
Several Questions About Embryonic Stem Cells
What are embryonic stem cells?Embryonic stem cells are cells derived from embryos. Most embryonic stem cells are derived from embryos that develop from eggs that have been fertilized in an in vitro ...
The Leukemia Cell Line: 697 Pre-B Cell Line
There are two new acute lymphoblastic leukemia cell lines with early B-cell phenotypes: leukemic cell lines 697 and 207. These cell lines are established from bone marrow cells obtained from human ...
Role of Microglia in Parkinson's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease
Microglia cells are the primary immune cells of the central neuron system（CNS), highly similar to peripheral macrophages. They are the major inflammatory cell type in the brain. When they detect ...