In the evolutionary history of life, the ability of a cell to separate its inner world from the external environment was an ...
image: An MIT-led team designed a sensor that may be deployed to screen patients for hard-to-diagnose cancers, or metastatic tumors. The device draws inspiration from the membrane that surrounds all ...
A lipid hidden within cells called phosphatidylserine reveals how the body initiates the removal of threats and cellular debris.
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(Nanowerk News) Drawing inspiration from natural sensory systems, an MIT-led team has designed a novel sensor that could detect the same molecules that naturally occurring cell receptors can identify.