Seeing cell membranes in a new light

(Harvard University) Scientists have long believed that membranes act like a viscous liquid, akin to honey, and that tension could be transmitted almost instantly from one side of a cell to the other, but Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and of Physics Adam Cohen and Zheng Shi, a post-doctoral fellow working in Cohen's lab showed they're actually closer to a semi-solid like Jell-O.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news