Cox obtained a biology degree at the University of Wolverhampton in the United Kingdom and went on to do a biochemical engineering Ph.D. at the University of Birmingham where he measured the growth of filamentous fungi in solid pastes using image analysis and fluorescence microscopy. (sciencemag.org)
In rabbits, it is well established that exposure to the metal causes the formation of filamentous structures containing cytoplasmic neurofilament protein which would promote the formation of neurofilibary tangles. (wellnessmama.com)
Not so a cell, which maintains shape via rods of filamentous proteins called «actins.» (uchospitals.edu)