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Article: In Vitro and in Vivo Research
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- World of Microbiology and Immunology
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n vitro and in vivo research
In vitro
research is generally referred to as the manipulation of organs, tissues, cells, and biomolecules in a controlled, artificial environment. The characterization and analysis of biomolecules and biological systems in the context of intact organisms is known as
in vivo
research.
The basic unit of living organisms is the cell, which in terms of scale and dimension is at the interface between the molecular and the microscopic level. The living cell is in turn divided into functional and structural domains such as the
nucleus
, the
cytoplasm
, and the secretory pathway, which are composed of a vast array of biomolecules. These molecules of life carry ...