Compared with similar sized choroidal naevus, statistically significant EDI-OCT features included intraretinal oedema, loss of photoreceptors, loss of external limiting membrane, loss of IS-OS ...

Proteins interacting with cell membranes play a vital role in countless biological processes, from how cells communicate to ...

Biological cells often possess thin, hair-like protrusions on their surface known as cilia, which serve various functions ranging from movement to sensing environmental signals. Researchers from ...

What is the Ozone Layer? The ozone layer is a crucial component of Earth's stratosphere, located between 19 and 30 km above the surface. It plays a vital role in filtering harmful ultraviolet (UV ...

From his lab at the University of Houston College of Pharmacy Drug Discovery Institute, Mingfu Wu, associate professor, is ...

Pleural membranes Thin layers that reduce friction between the lungs and the inside of the chest wall during breathing Pleural fluid (Higher Tier) Fluid found in the pleural cavity (between the ...

In MMD, the layers in the back of the eye and retina become thinner and elongated, leading to worsening central vision and myopia. It typically starts at a younger age than age-related macular ...

In order to measure distances between different membrane layers, stromal and luminal gaps, as well as entire thylakoid thickness (shown in Fig. 4), we utilized membrane flattening functionalities from ...

Serous otitis media (SOM) is when the eustachian tube does not drain and causes fluid to build up in the middle ear space. The fluid build-up can cause discomfort or muffled hearing. If it doesn't ...