Golgi

American

[gohl-jee, gawl-jee] / ˈgoʊl dʒi, ˈgɔl dʒi /

noun

Camillo 1843?–1926, Italian physician and histologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1906.

Golgi British

/ ˈɡɔldʒi /

noun

Camillo (kaˈmillo). 1844–1926, Italian neurologist and histologist, noted for his work on the central nervous system and his discovery in animal cells of the bodies known by his name: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1906

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Not only that, but Oberholtzer's research shows how the Golgi could be used as a biomarker to select the strongest T-cells for immunotherapy.

From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2024

The Golgi apparatus modifies, sorts and packages proteins to be sent to their final destinations, whether that's within or outside of the cell.

From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2024

Scientists have long studied membrane-bound compartments, called organelles, in plant cells, such as the Golgi apparatus, mitochondria, and most significantly, the nucleus, where DNA gets copied and transcribed into RNA.

From Science Daily • May 7, 2024

The function of Golgi ribbons remains enigmatic, but the researchers suspect that it is involved in cellular differentiation during embryogenesis.

From Science Daily • Feb. 29, 2024

The histological theories of sleep are founded on recent extraordinary advances in the knowledge of the minute anatomy of the central nervous system, a knowledge founded on the Golgi and methylene blue methods of staining.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898 by Various

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