Cytology is the branch of biology that studies cells, the building blocks of life. The name for this science is translated from kytos, the Greek term for "cavity." Cytology's roots travel back to 1665, when British botanist Robert Hooke, examining a...

(from Greek, kytos: vessel, and architecture; cyto-is a prefix denoting ‘CELL’). The measurement of variation in the size and density of cells can be examined (see HISTOLOGY) and these measures used to identify cellular groupings in the...

Cell biology (also called cellular biology or formerly cytology, from the Greek kytos, "container") is an academic discipline that studies cells. This includes their physiological properties, their structure, the organelles they contain, interactions...

SERTOLI CELL BIOLOGY Edited by Michael K. Skinner and Michael D. Griswold Elsevier Academic Press, London, UK, 2005 512 pages, $229.95 The research of reproductive biology has experienced major breakthroughs over the past decade. New technologies significantly advance our understanding of germ cell...

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Pioneers in psychotherapy and cell biology and three scientists who discovered a crucial enzyme linked to cancer and aging are being awarded prestigious medical prizes. The $100,000 prizes from the Albert & Mary Lasker Foundation will be presented Friday in...

Harvard University will spend $50 million to encourage scientific research that crosses traditional department boundaries and focuses on areas such as stem cells and engineering modeled on living organisms.The Harvard University corporation, the board that governs school, said the money will be used to create...