Just how small are cells—the smallest unit of all life on Earth? Can you see them under a regular microscope? What do cancer cells look like? Can heart muscle cells beat even in a petri dish? Can networks of nerve cells be recreated and studied outside the brain? And do the nerve cells then communicate with each other in the culture dish, just as they do in our brain? Is there really a skeleton inside the cell? What are the cell’s powerhouses, and how is genetic material stored?
See how scientists use cells to understand diseases. See how glowing proteins—the cell’s machinery—are used to stain cellular components, label individual proteins, and track them, just like in a crime scene investigation…
For more information, visit the website of the Institute of Biochemistry I
