Sentences with phrase «human muscle diseases»

Dr. Jamel Chelly, Institut Cochin, Université Paris - Descartes, CNRS (UMR 8104), Paris, France, (Human muscle diseases and cell banking)

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Stanozolol: This synthetic anabolic steroid istypically used to treat a rare immune disease in humans and to increaseappetite, muscle mass and energy in animals — often horses recovering fromillness or injury.

Svendsen is more optimistic about his team's work involving human tests of a novel stem cell approach to treat ALS, a degenerative motor neuron disease in which cells that transmit messages from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles wither or die.

In order to locate all gene switches, the Freiburg research team used modern sequencing methods to examine the entire genome — DNA, epigenetic markers and RNA — during the development, maturation and disease of human cardiac muscle cells.

In a series of studies this year, molecular geneticists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine used a harmless virus to ferry new genes through the bloodstream, across blood vessel walls, and into almost every muscle cell in the bodies of hamsters bred to have human genetic diseases.

In addition to determining that humans use chemosignals to attract one another, the findings could one day be used to create new therapies to correct hormone imbalances — most notably alternatives to cortisol replacement, which is used in treat maladies such as Addison's disease (in which the adrenal glands fail to pump out enough cortisol, causing muscle weakness, weight loss and low blood pressure).

Because myostatin normally acts to limit muscle growth, there has been considerable interest in targeting this pathway to attempt to enhance muscle growth in human patients with muscle wasting and muscle degenerative diseases.

In order to locate all gene switches, the Freiburg research team used modern sequencing methods to examine the entire genome - DNA, epigenetic markers and RNA - during the development, maturation and disease of human cardiac muscle cells.

This is the first study to show that the repeat genome can be effectively targeted using CRISPR technology, the first use of CRISPR inhibition for a human disease, and the first use of CRISPR technology in primary human muscle cells.

Most of the study's experiments were done in the roundworm C. elegans, which have an SMN gene and motor neurons — those that connect to muscle — that are very similar to humans, making them valuable models in which to study this disease.

Epidemiological surveys in humans indicate that muscle aging influences the progression of several age - related diseases in other tissues.

Epidemiological surveys in humans indicate that muscle aging influences the progression of several age - related diseases in other tissues... >> MORE

The researchers then successfully prodded what they call keratinocyte - derived iPS cells or KiPS cells to distinguish them from fibroblast - derived iPS cells into becoming all the cell types in the human body, including heart muscle cells and dopamine - producing neurons, which are affected by Parkinson's disease.

Plenary Lecture: Muscle Sympathetic Reflexes in Humans Lawrence I. Sinoway, Director of the Penn State Hershey Heart and Vascular Institute, leads the discussion on the exercise pressor reflex and how it is altered in cardiovascular disease, such as heart failure..

High - resolution maps of enhancer - promoter interactions in rare primary human T cell subsets and coronary artery smooth muscle cells link variants associated with autoimmune and cardiovascular diseases to target genes.

1) Phytonutrients: * Occur naturally in fruits and vegetables * Promote the function of the immune system * Help fight off viruses as well as reduce inflammation * Associated with the treatment and / or prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease 2) Enzymes: * Responsible for metabolic processes that occur within a cell and are necessary for sustaining life * Assist and play a large role in digestion, energy production, blood coagulation and contraction of muscles 3) Amino Acids: * The basic building blocks of protein * Absorption of amino acids is essential for your metabolism 4) Essential Fatty Acids: * Reduce the risk of heart disease and some forms of cancer * Improve mood * Decrease inflammation 5) Vitamins: * Essential for the normal growth and development of all human beings * Healthy maintenance of cell tissues and organs * Help process proteins, carbohydrates and fats required for utilization 6 & 7) Macro and Trace Minerals: * Involved in electrolyte balance of body fluids * Essential for normal cellular activity * Provide hardness to bones and teeth

In the 1960's and 1970's in China, government sponsored research discovered a form of cardiac muscle degeneration in humans called Keshan disease occurring in the Keshan province noted for low selenium levels in its soil.

«The chronic exposure to high levels of ROS is associated with the development and / or progression of pathophysiological processes, and implicated in an increasing number of human diseases, such as cardiovascular, metabolic, inflammatory and neurogenerative diseases, cancer as well as muscle atrophy and the ageing process.»

In certain delta frequencies the brain releases many highly beneficial substances, including human growth hormone, which we ordinarily make in decreasing quantities as we get older — resulting in many aging symptoms including loss of muscle tone, increased weight gain, loss of stamina, and many diseases associated with aging.

During routine testing, several of the zoo's lorikeets were found to have the disease, which is a pneumonia - like illness that can cause fever, chills, headache, muscles aches, and a dry cough in humans, per the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preventiondisease, which is a pneumonia - like illness that can cause fever, chills, headache, muscles aches, and a dry cough in humans, per the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and PreventionDisease Control and Prevention (CDC).

L - carnitine deficiency has been associated with heart disease in both humans and dogs and supplementation with the vitamin - like chemical suggests a beneficial affect for dogs with cardiac arrhythmias and thickening of the heart muscle.

«This also provides an extraordinary advancement to the study of human heart diseases resulting from electrical conduction defects and the resulting heart muscle changes that occur.»

Heart diseases in pets include congenital heart diseases (from birth), cardiomyopathy (disease of the heart muscle), valvular heart disease (disease of the heart valves) and, just like in humans, congestive heart failure.