Hair serves an important cosmetic function ... A strategy for improving the efficiency of gene transduction was recently demonstrated 10, by in vitro correction of a mutation in cultured mutant ...

The conversion of one type of energy to another is called transduction and hair cells are mechanotransducers. Sensory hair cells are not in any way related to body hair. Their name derives from the ...

They are often grouped together with other similar cells in tissues. Root hair cell They absorb water and minerals. A long thin 'hair' extends from each cell into the soil increasing the root's ...

UVA's Dr. Lu Q. Le and his team have identified a previously overlooked stem cell population in the upper and middle sections ...