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• Hair Loss
  Cosmetics
  Human Biology
  Stem Cells
  Skin Care
  Diseases and Conditions
   
  

  Hair follicle

  A hair follicle is part of the skin that grows hair by packing old cells together. Attached to the follicle is a sebaceous gland, a tiny sebum-producing gland found everywhere except on the palms, ... > more
• Gene Therapy
  Life Sciences
  Genes
  Human Biology
  Cloning
  Healthy Aging
   
  

  Myosin

  Myosins are a large family of motor proteins found in eukaryotic tissues. They are responsible for actin-based motility. Most myosin molecules are composed of both a head and a tail domain. The head ... > more
• Stem Cells
  Biotechnology
  Biotechnology and Bioengineering
  Developmental Biology
  Molecular Biology
  Skin Cancer
   
  

  Adult stem cell

  Adult stem cells are undifferentiated cells found throughout the body that divide to replenish dying cells and regenerate damaged tissues. Also known as somatic  stem cells, they can be found in ... > more
• Cloning
  Epigenetics Research
  Epigenetics
  Developmental Biology
  Biotechnology and Bioengineering
  Healthy Aging
   
  

  Cloning

  Cloning is the process of creating an identical copy of an original organism or thing. A cloning in the biological sense, therefore, is a molecule, single cell (like bacteria, lymphocytes etc.) or ... > more
• Ecology Research
  Marine Biology
  Cell Biology
  Molecular Biology
  Botany
  Genetics
   
  

  Dinoflagellate

  The dinoflagellates are a large group of flagellate protists. Some species, called zooxanthellae, are endosymbionts of marine animals and protozoa, and play an important part in the biology of coral ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
  Food Additives
  Brain Injury
  Sports Medicine
   

  Excitotoxicity

  Excitotoxicity is the pathological process by which neurons are damaged and killed by the overactivations of receptors for the excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate, such as the NMDA receptor and ... > more
• Virology
  Viruses
  Lymphoma
  Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  Infectious Diseases
  Healthy Aging
   

  Epstein-Barr virus

  The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), also called Human herpesvirus 4 (HHV-4), is a virus of the herpes family (which includes Herpes simplex virus and Cytomegalovirus), and is one of the most common viruses ... > more
• Nervous System
  Neuroscience
  Psychology Research
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Sports Medicine
   

  Neocortex

  The neocortex is a part of the brain of mammals. It is the top layer of the cerebral hemispheres, 2-4 mm thick, and made up of six layers, labelled I to VI (with VI being the innermost and I being ... > more
• Brain Tumor
  Cancer
  Lung Cancer
  Ovarian Cancer
  Colon Cancer
  Breast Cancer
   

  Brain tumor

  A brain tumor is any intracranial mass created by an abnormal and uncontrolled growth of cells either normally found in the brain itself: neurons, glial cells (astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, ependymal ... > more
• Lung Disease
  Healthy Aging
  Hypertension
  Asthma
  Marine Biology
  Lung Cancer
   
  

  Gas exchange

  Gas exchange or respiration takes place at a respiratory surface; a boundary between the external environment and the interior of the body. For unicellular organisms the respiratory surface is simply ... > more

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