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Stories about: cell membranes

Uniform Cell Membranes Now Made in Bulk Creating artificial molecules has just become a lot easier, thanks to an innovation achieved by experts at the Scripps Research Institute (SRI), in Jupiter, Florida. A team here was able to develop a new method for producing cell membranes that are uniform in size. The membranes are now produced on an assembly line o... 23 March 2011 04:23 GMT How Receptor Molecules Behave in Cell Membranes A collaboration of American and Japanese investigators was finally able to shed light on a decades-old mystery when they created movies of single molecules traveling through living cell membranes.This is the first time this has been achieved in a living system, and now scientists can finally gain a better understandi... 7 February 2011 10:52 GMT Nanodiamonds to Measure Ion Flows in Membranes Our cells' ability to move ions through their membranes and to only allow for a certain type of ions either in or out is arguably one of the most important set of traits it has. In charge of letting various chemicals through are structures inside the membrane known as ion channels, which display a property calle... 27 November 2009 01:51 GMT