The Sperm’s Secret Weapon: ADAM2, the Fertilin Ninja
Picture this: a sperm cell, swimming along on its epic journey, armed with a special protein called ADAM2, also known as fertilin beta. It’s like a tiny James Bond, equipped…
Picture this: a sperm cell, swimming along on its epic journey, armed with a special protein called ADAM2, also known as fertilin beta. It’s like a tiny James Bond, equipped…
Picture this: millions of sperm, all revved up with nowhere to go, until ADAM3 steps in. This protein is the VIP pass that gets sperm through the velvet rope of…
Welcome to the world of venom gland organoids, where researchers are growing tiny snake venom factories in petri dishes. It’s like Jurassic Park, but instead of dinosaurs, we’re recreating nature’s…
Introduction to ADAMTS2 ADAMTS2 is an enzyme primarily concentrated in skin and connective tissues. It plays a crucial role in processing procollagen, which is essential for collagen formation and maintenance.…
Von Willebrand factor (VWF) is a blood glycoprotein that promotes hemostasis, specifically, platelet adhesion. It is deficient and/or defective in von Willebrand disease and is involved in many other diseases, including thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, Heyde’s syndrome, and possibly hemolyticâuremic syndrome. Increased plasma levels…
virus (n.) late 14c., “poisonous substance” (a sense now archaic), from Latin virus “poison, sap of plants, slimy liquid, a potent juice,” from Proto-Italic *weis-o-(s-) “poison,” which is probably from a PIE root *ueis-, perhaps originally meaning…
pharmacy (n.) late 14c., farmacie, “a medicine that rids the body of an excess of humors (except blood);” also “treatment with medicine; theory of treatment with medicine,” from Old French farmacie “a purgative” (13c.)…