The ocular surface is richly innervated with sensory nerves, particularly at the cornea which is a clear dome-like tissue forming the frontmost part of the eye. In-vivo corneal confocal microscopy is ...

Proper regulation of airway surface layer (ASL) is essential for effective mucociliary clearance (MCC) in healthy airways. ASL depletion due to deficient cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance ...

There are obvious differences between cancerous cells and normal cells in morphology, chemical properties and mechanical properties. The detection of cytochemical and mechanical properties of tumor ...

There is a growing demand for non-invasive insights into the complex three-dimensional subcellular dynamics within living tissues at the frontier of biological research. Professor Xi Peng's group at ...

insights from industryArvonn Tully and Esther KiesermanYokogawa Life Science In this interview, NewsMedical speaks with Arvonn Tully and Esther Kieserman from Yokogawa Life Science about how ...

Biologists are very interested in how proteins, lipids and other compounds are organized and interact in systems. Very few organizational details can be gained by using standard transmission-based ...

Both images show individual red blood cells. The one on the right, produced by STED, more clearly shows the Piezo1 proteins (in green), which are a mechanical calcium channel and play a crucial role ...