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academy of sciences Cell biology (formerly cytology, from the
Greek kytos, "container") is an academic discipline that studies
cells – their physiological properties, their structure, the
organelles they contain, interactions with their environment,
their life cycle, division and death. This is done both on a
microscopic and molecular level. Cell biology research
encompasses both the great diversity of single-celled organisms
like bacteria and protozoa, as well as the many specialized
cells in multicellular organisms like humans. Knowing the
components of cells and how cells work is fundamental to all
biological sciences. Appreciating the similarities and
differences between cell types is particularly important to the
fields of cell and molecular biology as well as to biomedical
fields such as cancer research and developmental biology. These
fundamental similarities and differences provide