Membrane biophysics is the study of the physical principles governing biological membranes, including lipid-raft formation and protein–lipid coupling, as well as their mechanical characteristics ...

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The team biopsied the CAR T cell immunological synapse by isolating the membrane lipid rafts—cholesterol-rich molecules on the cell surface where most molecular interactions between cells take ...