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membrane

[mem-breyn] / ˈmɛm breɪn /
NOUN
covering layer
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In the Americas, doctors can help infected people by putting them on a life-support machine known as ECMO, for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, which breathes for the patient by oxygenating the blood.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

In cases where hantavirus infection is suspected, Mertz said people should seek out urban medical centers that offer extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, which can be used to support the lungs.

From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026

Ras inhibitors block a small protein that sits inside the cell membrane and acts as an on/off switch, setting off a signaling cascade that can make a cell grow or divide.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

"The vesicles taking pieces of membrane as they form may help control the peroxisome's growth," Tharp said.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026

When the earth came alive it began constructing its own membrane, for the general purpose of editing the sun.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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