membrane

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The treatment was given as a single injection through a membrane at the base of the cochlea known as the round window.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

To test the design, the researchers produced a membrane containing 1,000 lipid-coated nanopores arranged in hexagonal pattern.

From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026

Flippases such as MurJ move molecules by alternately exposing them to each side of the membrane without forming a permanent opening.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2026

These proteins help transport the components needed to assemble the cell wall outside the inner membrane barrier.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2026

When the earth came alive it began constructing its own membrane, for the general purpose of editing the sun.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas