Comment on MIT engineers solve the sticky-cell problem in bioreactors and other industries

• Xanthobilly@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Bubbles act as a water/air interface. The lipid membrane of a cell is a wall that has an internal hydrophobic layer made of phospholipids. Phospholipids when introduced to a water/air interface orient their hydrophobic side into the air, away from water. In other words the bubble rips the cell membrane apart by pulling phospholipids out of the membrane.

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  • rigatti@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Good explanation, thanks!

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