Étude randomisée en double aveugleL'étude randomisée en double aveugle, avec répartition aléatoire, randomisée ou à double insu (ou en double aveugle) est une démarche expérimentale utilisée dans de nombreuses disciplines de recherche telles que la médecine, les sciences sociales et la psychologie, les sciences naturelles telles que la physique et la biologie. En pharmacie, elle est utilisée dans le développement de nouveaux médicaments et pour évaluer l'efficacité d'une démarche ou d'un traitement.
Primary cell culturePrimary cell culture is the ex vivo culture of cells freshly obtained from a multicellular organism, as opposed to the culture of immortalized cell lines. In general, primary cell cultures are considered more representative of in vivo tissues than cell lines, and this is recognized legally in some countries such as the UK (Human Tissue Act 2004). However, primary cells require adequate substrate and nutrient conditions to thrive and after a certain number of divisions they acquire a senescent phenotype, leading to irreversible cell cycle arrest.
MicrogoutteA protocell (or protobiont) is a self-organized, endogenously ordered, spherical collection of lipids proposed as a stepping stone toward the origin of life. A central question in evolution is how simple protocells first arose and how they could differ in reproductive output, thus enabling the accumulation of novel biological emergences over time, i.e. biological evolution. Although a functional protocell has not yet been achieved in a laboratory setting, the goal to understand the process appears well within reach.
