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Hans and Zacharias Janssen
Link to compund microscopes In 1595 Hans and Zacharias Janssen produced the first compund microscope, which is what we use today to look at cells. -
Robert Hooke
Cork In 1665, Robert Hooke discovered the composition of cork and introduced the word cell to science. -
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Anton van Leeuwenhoek imporved the magnification of microscopes by polishing the lenses. This helped in a way of scientists being able to see the cells and their reactions better. -
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Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovered bacteria from a sample of saliva from his mouth. -
Matthias Schleiden
Schleiden discovered that plants were made up of cells. Matthias Schleiden was also one of the three men who developed the cell theory. The Cell Theory is that all living things are made up of cells, cells are the basic unit of stucture and function in living things, and living cells only come from other living cells. -
Theodor Schwann
Schwann discovered just a year after Schleiden that animals were made up of cells. He is also one of the three men who discovered the Cell Theory. -
Rudolph Virchow
Rudolph Virchow stated that all living things come from other living things. He is also one of the three men who discovered the cell theory. -
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Stem Cells Make Brains
Stem Cell Mini Brain Website Stem cells have progessed greatly where not only being able to make bladders, windpipes, and heart tissue, they have recently been able to grow mini brains. -
Virus in cattle linked to breast cancer
Virus in Cattle linked to breast cancer website The virus that is linked to women who have breast cancer have been clinically seen also in beef cattle.
