Background Chondrogenic differentiation describes how cartilage is formed from mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). Cells pass two morphological stages; first they differentiate into chondroblasts, which then mature into chondrocytes. Chondroblasts are responsible for the...
Stress fibers: what are they and why are they important? Stress fibers form the architecture of the cell. They are made of bundles of filaments composed from two strands of actin that are bound together by cross-linking proteins (see Figure 1). Their alignment,...
Nanolive is proud to announce a new publication in the journal Theranostics from users of the Nanolive’s 3D Cell Explorer in the Laboratory of Heavy Ion Radiation Medicine of Chinese Academy of Sciences in Lanzhou, China. Mitochondrial metabolic abnormalities have...
Vesicle Transport Vesicle transport is an active and thus energy consuming process that the cell uses in order to capture or release macromolecules into or out of the cell. While exocytosis helps release content like proteins, waste products or toxins to the outside...