This important study presents a transcriptomic analysis of enterochromaffin cells in the intestine ... cleaned and fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde (PFA, Electron Microscopy Sciences, 15713) at 4 °C ...

A team of researchers at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, in the U.K., has re-examined an old ...

Nearly 150 years ago, scientists began to imagine how information might flow through the brain based on the shapes of neurons ...

When all you’ve got is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. And when you’ve got a scanning electron microscope, everything must look like a sample that would be really, really interesting ...

Mast cell activation syndrome, or disease (MCAS), is a condition that causes mast cells to release these substances too frequently, resulting in severe allergic reactions. After detecting an ...

These factors can activate mast cells to release proinflammatory mediators and some of them, for example, histamine, tryptase and nerve growth factor, can stimulate sensory C-fibers. Since ...

Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is well-known for performing in situ ... low electron dose, and proper cell viability verification methods. Despite being highly demanding, so-called “live-cell” ...

Scientists need sharp tools to peek into the tiny world of biology, and fluorescence microscopy has been a game-changer for studying cells. It’s taken cellularresearch ... blending it with other ...