Ever wondered what happens when a cell meets a hypotonic solution? It’s all about water movement, and it can get pretty interesting. Basically, a hypotonic solution has less ‘stuff’ dissolved in it ...

When we talk about science, especially biology and medicine, you’ll often hear terms like “hypertonic” and “hypotonic.” They sound a bit technical, right? But really, they just describe how much stuff ...

1 Institute of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia 2 Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia The cell volume changes induced ...

Tonicity as osmotic hypertonic, isotonic, hypotonic pressure... Tonicity as osmotic hypertonic, isotonic, hypotonic pressure outline diagram. Labeled educational comparison with water concentration in ...

Close up detail shot of hands. Elderly European woman in blue sweater measuring her blood pressure by herself on brown wooden table using white electronic automatic blood pressure monitor at home.

To assess the effect and toxicity of hypotonic cisplatin treatment (HPT) consisting of the intrapleural administration of cisplatin in distilled water for malignant pleural effusion in patients with ...

OBJECTIVES:Albumin is used to resuscitate trauma patients but may increase intracranial pressure (ICP). Its effects on renal blood flow and function are unknown. Our aim was to examine the effects of ...

In corneal cross-linking, the cornea is saturated with a photosensitizing drug that is activated by UVA light to strengthen and stiffen collagen bonds. In the U.S., there are two riboflavin solutions ...

Cell-based assays represent a major end point of high throughput screening (HTS) but a key limitation of such assays is the potentially poor membrane permeability of test compounds. In this study, we ...