Histology refers to the study of the morphology of cells within their natural tissue environment. As a bio-medical discipline, it dates back to the development of first microscopes which allowed to override the physical visual limitation of the human eye. Since the first observations, it was understood that cell shape predicts function and, therefore, shape alterations can identify and explain dysfunction and diseases. The advancements in morphological investigation techniques have allowed to extend our understanding of the shape-function relationships close to the molecular level of organization of tissues, as well as to derive reliable data not only from fixed, and hence static, biological samples but also living cells and tissues and even for extended time periods. These modern approaches, which encompass quantitative microscopy, precision microscopy, and dynamic microscopy, represent the new frontier of morphology. This article summarizes how the microscopy techniques have evolved to properly face the challenges of biomedical sciences, thus transforming histology from a merely qualitative discipline, which played an ancillary role to traditional "major" sciences such as anatomy, to a modern experimental science capable of driving knowledge progress in biology and medicine
Evolution and new frontiers of histology in bio-medical research / Bani d. - In: MICROSCOPY RESEARCH AND TECHNIQUE. - ISSN 1097-0029. - ELETTRONICO. - ...:(2020), pp. 0-0. [10.1002/jemt.23579]
Evolution and new frontiers of histology in bio-medical research
Bani d
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2020
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Histology refers to the study of the morphology of cells within their natural tissue environment. As a bio-medical discipline, it dates back to the development of first microscopes which allowed to override the physical visual limitation of the human eye. Since the first observations, it was understood that cell shape predicts function and, therefore, shape alterations can identify and explain dysfunction and diseases. The advancements in morphological investigation techniques have allowed to extend our understanding of the shape-function relationships close to the molecular level of organization of tissues, as well as to derive reliable data not only from fixed, and hence static, biological samples but also living cells and tissues and even for extended time periods. These modern approaches, which encompass quantitative microscopy, precision microscopy, and dynamic microscopy, represent the new frontier of morphology. This article summarizes how the microscopy techniques have evolved to properly face the challenges of biomedical sciences, thus transforming histology from a merely qualitative discipline, which played an ancillary role to traditional "major" sciences such as anatomy, to a modern experimental science capable of driving knowledge progress in biology and medicineFile | Dimensione | Formato | |
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