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Where a sphere has circular symmetry, a spheroid is formed by rotating an ellipse about one of its principal axis resulting in a not perfectly spherical body. Spheroids can either be oblate (flattened) or prolate (elongated).
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SEP 03, 2025
eBooks
Traditional 2D cell cultures can't replicate the complexity of real tissues - resulting in limited insights and poor cli
...
JUL 17, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
Introduction Antibodies are the ideal therapeutic biomolecules due to their ability to bind to a variety of targets with
...
JAN 30, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has shown that there is great diversity of galaxies in the early Univers
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
DEC 08, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
By Julianne Davis - Technical Writer and Support Scientist at Biotium The Rise of the Lab-on-a-Chip With the advent of m
...
JUN 14, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
The body needs fatty acts for a variety of functions, and the health benefits of taking fatty acid supplements have long
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 08, 2021
Space & Astronomy
A team of scientists led by the Centre for Astrobiology have discovered that the bulges we see in disc galaxies formed i
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 07, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers are increasingly relying on cells grown in three-dimensional (3D) structures to help answer their research q
...
FEB 04, 2021
Cancer
A team from the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI) has developed a microchip system that models immune
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 05, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists at North Carolina State University have looked into microRNA (miRNA) for hair regrowth treatment. Their studi
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUL 19, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Russian cosmonaut, Oleg Kononenko, has successfully carried out an experiment to engineer human cartilage in microgravit
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 07, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Their cells of cephalopods like squid and octopuses can change in incredible ways to create living camouflage.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 14, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
For researchers at the Missouri University of Science and Technology developing a new class of nanodiagnostics, good thi
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 21, 2020
Space & Astronomy
2019 was one of the most exciting years for space fans. Therefore it’s hard to believe that 2020 could bring
...
Written By:
Vanesa Nikolova
DEC 22, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
This technique, could be useful in the production of complete organs that can be transplanted into patients.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 11, 2019
Clinical & Molecular DX
In trying to understand complex phenomena in the human body, researchers usually have to turn to oversimplified biologic
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 17, 2019
Microbiology
Scientists are using genetic tools to engineer bacteria in many ways. These new microbes are able to mimic or sense dise
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 28, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
All the structures in the body arise from a fertilized cell, and scientists are learning more about how that happens.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2017
Cancer
Turmeric, the trendy spicy that’s making its way into lattes, could be key in defeating pancreatic cancer drug res
...
APR 13, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have found success in tests of a new mechanism that uses sperm as a drug delivery system.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 05, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Pluto was once considered a planet, but it was categorized as a dwarf planet back in 2006 by the International Astronomi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 09, 2015
Neuroscience
The expression “Why don’t you grow a brain” is tossed around sometimes like an insult, but as it turns
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 22, 2015
Cancer
Ovarian cancer strikes terror in women, because symptoms may not be apparent until it is too late for appropriate treatm
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 01, 2015
Neuroscience
There are a few essential ways to understand the neural workings of the human brain. One is to painstakingly map the cir
...
Written By:
Will Hector
DEC 30, 2014
Space & Astronomy
Because it's so large some might think our galaxy, The Milky Way, is the only one out there or even nearby but that isn'
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim