Sentences with phrase «flows along the membrane»

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This allows the tiny capillaries of the graphene - oxide membranes to block the salt from flowing along with the water.

Previous research at The University of Manchester found that if immersed in water, graphene - oxide membranes become slightly swollen and smaller salts flow through the membrane along with water, but larger ions or molecules are blocked.

The epithelium's maturation into a villus intestinal epithelium with long finger - like extensions was helped along by co-culturing human intestinal microvascular endothelial cells on the opposite side of the shared matrix - coated porous membrane in the «vascular» channel where they assembled a surrogate blood vessel with a hollow lumen through which feeding medium was flowed.

When fluid is pumped slowly across both sides of the membrane, replicating the flow of liquid along the inside and outside of intestinal tissue in the body, the seeded cells not only differentiate into the four types found in the small intestine, but form tissue that spontaneously folds, develops villi, secretes mucus and even supports microbes commonly found in the small intestine.

Her team is currently examining the ion channels that open and close to allow the flow of ions as electrical impulses pass along the nerve cell membrane.