Liquid order: Fluid self-organizes into structure that controls cell growth and health
Friday, May 20, 2016 - 10:31
in Health & Medicine
Although known since the 1830s as a round, dark spot in a cell's nucleus, only recently has the nucleolus gotten its full due. Scientists have learned that besides building a cell's protein factories, this specialized subunit, or organelle, serves more broadly as a control center for cellular growth and health.