Alexis Gkantiragas

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What is the half life of sperm cells in the blood ?

I am aware this is a rather odd question but I couldn’t find any answers to this in the literature. One study has used sperm cells as a drug delivery tool (see below) but I was wondering if it...

02 February 2020 6,459 4 View

Are Granules in WBCs analogous to lysosomes?

I was reading into granulocytes and it came to my attention that since they are essentially digestive granules they might be analogous to lysosomes. I was wondering whether this was the case but...

02 February 2020 5,681 3 View

How different do fossilised and fresh pollen look under the microscope?

I was wondering whether fossilised pollen looks very different from normal pollen when you use bright field microscopy? In particular, do the following change significantly: Morphology...

11 November 2019 567 6 View

Why are transmissible cancers not considered to be the sixth group of infectious agents?

As part of my degree I chose to write an essay on devil facial tumour disease (a transmissible cancer in the Tasmanian devil). While writing this it occurred to me that transmissible cancers do...

01 January 1970 7,692 5 View

How well understood is the contribution of wasps, hover-flies and other insects to pollination?

I have become interested in potentially doing a small study on non-bee pollinators by looking at what pollen are present on their bodies. I am unsure whether or not this would be a useful...

01 January 1970 2,563 7 View