Learn about a potential treatment could reverse the paralytic effects of some autoimmune diseases
Researchers have developed an experimental immune system treatment, returning the power of movement to paralyzed mice.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Animal and plant cells house various types of internal membrane-bound compartments, or organelles. Each type of organelle carries out a specific function.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Cells ingest molecules through their plasma membranes.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.James Watson and Francis Crick revolutionized the study of genetics when they discovered the structure of DNA.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Learn about mitotic cleavage of embryonic cells by watching this time-lapse microphotography of the process.