This collective osmotic shock of the material would be an innovative method for the creation of bicontinuous and nanoporous media or to obtain controlled release from a material. A first simple ...

wide-genome genetic screening, the scientists discovered the central role of a gene known as LRRC8A in cellular ability to survive osmotic shock. This gene codes for a protein that forms channels ...

How do they do it? Osmotic shock, where water molecules outside the cell rapidly diffuse across the plasma membrane to the lower water concentration of the cytoplasm (hypoosmosis), or from the ...

The researchers then subjected their microcapsules to osmotic shock by adding water, which diffused into the microcapsules and made them begin to swell at the thinnest part of the shell.

In order to survive cryogenic temperatures, cells must be accompanied by a cryopreservative agent, which prevents osmotic shock and limits the formation of ice crystals that can damage their cell ...

Osmotic shock here refers to a sudden influx of water to a cell through its membrane. The flood can literally cause bacteria to burst open. The scientists estimate that this recent deluge was the ...

1,2 We have encountered a clinical case of massive diuresis that followed release of urinary-tract obstruction in which urea was proved to be the osmotic driving force. The observation is ...