Colony-stimulating factor — Colony stimulating factors (CSFs) are secreted glycoproteins that bind to receptor proteins on the surfaces of hemopoietic stem cells, thereby activating intracellular signaling pathways that can cause the cells to proliferate and differentiate… … Wikipedia
Colony stimulating factor 1 receptor — Rendering based on PDB 2I0V … Wikipedia
Colony Collapse Disorder — (or CCD) is a phenomenon in which worker bees from a beehive or Western honey bee colony abruptly disappear. While such disappearances have occurred throughout the history of apiculture, the term Colony Collapse Disorder was first applied to a… … Wikipedia
Colony — Col o*ny (k[o^]l [ o]*n[y^]), n.; pl. {Colonies} (k[o^]l [ o]*n[i^]z). [L. colonia, fr. colonus farmer, fr. colere to cultivate, dwell: cf. F. colonie. Cf. {Culture}.] 1. A company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cell counting — is a general name for various methods for the quantification of cells in molecular biology and in medicine. Contents 1 The need for cell counting 2 Methods 2.1 Counting chamber 2 … Wikipedia
Colony (The X-Files) — Colony The X Files episode Clones from the Gregor series Episode no … Wikipedia
Cell Genesys — Inc is a San Francisco based biotechnology company . It develops novel therapies for treating cancer. Though its leading immunotherapeutic candidate GVAX has yielded promising results in clinical trials, none of its products has been given… … Wikipedia
colony — [käl′ə nē] n. pl. colonies [ME colonie < L colonia < colonus, farmer < colere, to cultivate: see CULT] 1. a) a group of people who settle in a distant land but remain under the political jurisdiction of their native land b) the region… … English World dictionary
Colony collapse disorder — Honey bees entering a beehive Colony collapse disorder (CCD) is a phenomenon in which worker bees from a beehive or European honey bee colony abruptly disappear. While such disappearances have occurred throughout the history of apiculture, the… … Wikipedia
Colony-forming unit — For the human hematopoietic cell, see Hematopoietic stem cell. In microbiology, colony forming unit (CFU or cfu) is a measure of viable bacterial or fungal numbers. Unlike direct microscopic counts where all cells, dead and living, are counted,… … Wikipedia