BMC Clin Pharmacol. 2010;10:1-27. However, there are some notable exceptions to this general rule where the adipose-blood exchange of several highly lipid soluble molecules seems to be diffusion ...

Cardiovascular disease is among the major causes of morbidity and mortality in industrialized countries (1). Although cardiovascular disease affects almost exclusively adults, atherosclerosis, which ...

Cells continuously move materials in and out through their cell walls. Facilitated transport is one way of moving those materials without expending cellular energy. In facilitated transport, materials ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Lipid membranes are complex quasi–two-dimensional fluids, whose importance in biology and unique physical/materials properties have made them ...

(Phys.org) -- One of the great challenges in biology is recording biological processes at the cellular or even subcellular level. To get a close view, microscopes have to focus on one specific part of ...

Experiments with fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) started 30 years ago to visualize the lateral mobility and dynamics of fluorescent proteins in living cells. Its popularity increased ...