India: A recent case report published in the Journal of the Association of Physicians of India has highlighted hyperglycemia ...

Osmotic pressure is the force water exerts on the semi-permeable membrane (plasma membrane) surrounding the cell. Water moves across the plasma membrane in response to an unequal distribution of ...

Ectoine is a naturally occurring compound that serves as a protective agent for cells under osmotic stress, which can occur in extreme environments. It is produced by various microorganisms ...

That no organic material is involved in this case suggests that energy generation – known as osmotic energy conversion – ...

Hypertonic saline (HTS) is an osmotic agent that can help patients in the acute phase of severe traumatic brain injury. HTS extracts fluid from swollen cerebral tissue to both control intracranial ...