Let Dr Alex Lathbridge guide you through the key facts about cell structure. ... Easy to remember: because you are eukaryotic. Let’s think about most eukaryotic animal cells.

This runaway cell growth and accumulation of abnormal cells is called cancer. There are more than 200 types of cancer , with about 20 million new cases of cancer diagnosed globally each year.

Merkel cell carcinoma is usually caused in part by an extremely common — and typically harmless — virus that was discovered in 2008, the Merkel cell polyomavirus. Another very important cause is ...

In order to raise awareness about sickle cell disease (SCD), World Sickle Cell Day is observed annually on June 19th. Here are five essential facts about sickle cell disease (SCD). 1.

The PER.C6 cell line, for instance, is derived from immortalized retinal cells from an 18-week-old fetus aborted in 1985. Johnson & Johnson uses PER.C6 to produce its COVID-19 vaccine.