A cell is fundamentally a container—a vessel that encapsulates life at the most basic level. Many biologists believe encapsulation of chemicals may have been necessary for evolution to gain traction.

We are working on a kidney encapsulation project. Basically, we put the kidney inside the filter capsule which separates white blood cells from whole blood between the transplanted kidney and blood ...

In cell encapsulation, transplanted cells are protected from immune rejection by an artificial, semipermeable membrane, potentially allowing transplantation (allo- or xenotransplantation) without the ...

(This is Part 2 of a two-part blog series.) Take a look below at the famous Müller-Lyer illusion. Every student of psychology knows that the two horizontal lines are actually the same length, even ...