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vesicle

[ves-i-kuhl] / ˈvɛs ɪ kəl /


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To help move this field forward, Erdbrügger is organizing a hands-on workshop for UVA scientists focused specifically on extracellular vesicle research.

From Science Daily • Jan. 20, 2026

As the pocket expands, it wraps around the virus and forms a vesicle.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2025

The classical explanation of how autophagy works is that the cellular "garbage" to be dealt with is sequestered in a membrane-surrounded vesicle, and ultimately delivered to lysosomes for degradation.

From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2024

As the food particle is consumed, it is encapsulated in a vesicle.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

The lens of the lateral eye of the vertebrates is derived by an invagination of the ectoderm, which meets and fits in the retinal cup at the end of the optic vesicle.

From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Talbot, Eugene S.




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