Of all methods exercised in modern molecular biology, modification of cellular properties through the introduction or removal of nucleic acids is one of the most fundamental. As such, several methods ...

Lumen formation in organ epithelia involves processes such as polarization, secretion, exocytosis and contractility, but what controls lumen shape remains unclear. Here we study how lumina develop ...

For the first time, researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have succeeded in using nanorobots to stimulate stem cells with such precision that they are reliably transformed into bone ...