The author was referring to the steam holiday gems. They are a new feature (released yesterday) in which a steam user can turn their extra junk cards/backgrounds/emotes into gems.. These gems can be used to buy more cards; or, during the upcoming holiday event only, to bid on games.
Acinar cells. 1  Acinar cells are the exocrine (exo=outward) cells of the pancreas that produce and transport enzymes that are passed into the duodenum where they assist in the digestion of food.
The Caco-2 cell line is a continuous line of heterogeneous human epithelial colorectal adenocarcinoma cells, developed by the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research through research conducted by Dr. Jorgen Fogh.s a result, over the years the characteristics of the cells used in different laboratories around the world have diverged significantly, which makes it difficult to compare results across labs. Caco-2 cells are most commonly used not as individual cells, but as a confluent monolayer on a cell culture insert filter.