But, in any case, there is no need to postulate the presence of a personally ordered subsociety of occasions (the equivalent of a primitive soul) to account for the unified
activity of the cell.
At the conference I met Dr. Kathryn Applegate, who has spent a lot of time thinking about this issue and who looks way too young to have developed computer vision algorithms to measure the remodeling
activity of the cell's cytoskeleton.
Only a special systemic order of atoms in certain molecules of different types of brain cells, steady
activity of these cells and excitations coming from sensoric nerves and running to associative and motoric centers are the basis of the peculiarity of brain function.
All we know about these fascinating
activities of cells is quite consistent with the notion of choice being included rather than completely excluded from the action.
As more and more patients successfully manage diabetes with drugs that increase their insulin sensitivity, doctors and researchers have observed a serious problem: The drugs seem to decrease
the activity of cells that produce bone, leaving patients prone to fractures and osteoporosis.
University of Washington researchers have found that a calorie - restricted diet reduces
the activity of a cell - signaling protein called TOR - 1 that may speed up cell aging.
Other techniques exist for remotely controlling
the activity of cells or the expression of genes in living animals.
The protein sits on the surface of T cells and helps dampen
the activity of the cells after an immune response, but tumors have found ways to hide from T cell attack by flipping on the PD - 1 switch themselves.
The activity of these cells also accounts for flies» ability to discern novel odors and group them together.
He envisions some sort of visual aid «designed to maximize
the activity of these cells but notes that even if such therapies are possible, they won't be available anytime soon.
«This is very important, clear evidence that
the activity of those cells is responsible for ticklishness,» Ishiyama says.
«If immune cell therapies for cancer or autoimmune diseases (like rheumatoid arthritis, for example) are going to be safe and effective alternatives to more traditional medications, we must gain control over
the activity of the cells to reduce risks of toxicity to the patient,» said Roybal.
The activities of cells in multicellular animals are co-ordinated by chemical messengers and nerve cells.
The L1 genes can jump to new positions, disrupting the normal
activities of cells if they land in the middle of important genes.
For the past decade or so, they have been exposing a nested hierarchy of structural motifs in genomes that are every bit as elemental to the identity and
activity of each cell as the double helix.
They found that ManCou probes allow for parallel analysis and quantification of GLUT5 and metabolic
activity of cells just after a 10 - minute incubation period.
Andersen was studying the activity of neurons in the hippocampus — a brain area associated with memory — and the two students wanted to try to link this precise
activity of cells with the behaviour of animals.
The light seemed to boost
the activity of cells that clear amyloid, and cut amyloid production (Nature, DOI: 10.1038 / nature20587).
When cells were inhibited, the mouse no longer pressed the lever, demonstrating that
the activity of these cells was necessary for the mouse to carry out the behavior.
Each photopigment is sensitive to light of a particular wavelength, and the primate visual system detects colors by comparing the relative
activity of cells in the retina that bear each of the three photopigments.
For a long time, scientists were convinced that GPCRs influence
the activity of the cell via activation of various intracellular signalling cascades while sitting at the cell surface.
Tumor cells metastasized to bone modify
the activity of these cells and, depending on the type of cancer, cause osteoblastic or osteolytic changes.
Comparing volume and
activity of the cells that break down bone density in the upper and lower jaw bones of Medaka fish after 56 days spent aboard the International Space Station with those on the ground.
This change hid Bcl - xL's binding site, preventing it from blocking
the activity of cell death - promoting proteins.
O'KEEFE: I'd have to say there was quite a bit of skepticism on several grounds when we first started reporting that we could show very specific correlates to
the activity of cells in the hippocampus, and specifically, that they were related to where the animal was in the environment.
One CUMC team, led by Tom Maniatis, PhD, the Isidore S. Edelman Professor and chair of biochemistry & molecular biophysics, will construct an atlas of gene
activity of all cells in the human spinal cord.
«Put simply, RNA - seq takes a snapshot of the gene
activity of the cell.
Through
the activities of the Cell Circuits Program and the Klarman Cell Observatory, Broad researchers are working to systematically define the genetic and molecular circuits in a wide range of cell types, tissues, and diseases.
Cutting VEGF levels in the tumor in turn increases
the activity of cells called pericytes that surround the blood vessels, stabilizing them and making them more susceptible to chemotherapy, Cheresh explained.
Research has revealed that Vitamin D improves muscle function and is believed to enhance
activity of the cell batteries, otherwise known as mitochondria.
Apoptosis is the programmed
activity of a cell's self destruction or suicide, which is common with normal cells to make way for new replacement cells.
In the book Relaxation Revolution: The Science and Genetics of Mind Body Healing, author Herbert (Benson) discusses how breathing can literally change the expression of genes, and that by using your breath, you can alter the basic
activity of your cells with your brain.
Cell signaling is part of a complex system of communication that governs the basic
activities of cells and coordinates cell actions.
Raw cacao also contains the essential mineral magnesium, vital for the healthy
activity of your cells, and vitamin A, which your body metabolizes into beta - carotene, a powerful antioxidant.
This is done by increasing Coenzyme A (Co-A) which increases the metabolic breakdown of oils by normal
activity of cell physiology.
So anyway, they wanted to see if they could suppress
the activity of the cells that eat away our bones.
When it becomes more acidic, there's a higher rate of
activity of cells called osteoclasts, which break down bone.
Progesterone, on the other hand, boosts the production and
activity of cells that build new bone or osteoblasts.
Hormones are the «agents of change» of metabolism directing
the activities of cells, chemicals, and organs.
He says that by using your breath, you can alter the basic
activity of your cells with your mind.
Nerve - signaling chemicals called neurotransmitters can «switch off» or dampen
the activity of cells that signal arousal or relaxation.
Whether the inflammation is successful in removing the damaged tissue depends on the size of the lump, number and
activity of the cells and how quickly fibrous tissue surrounds and replaces the dead tissue.
Based on
the activity of the cell, we are able to make our differentiation.»
«What we've shown is that a graphene - based system can detect
the activity of a cell, and by doing that we can differentiate between a cancer cell and a normal cell,» Vikas Berry, associate professor and head of chemical engineering at UIC, told Digital Trends.
Not exact matches
Adding in information from personal assistants such as Google Assistant and Android
cell phone movement and use, Google can map much
of a person's
activity throughout the day.
«Because brain
cells release amyloid beta during
activity, we think if the brain
cells can't rest the way they're supposed to and get that deep sleep, they produce a relative excess
of amyloid,» Dr. Yo - El Ju
of Washington University, an author
of that study, told Reuters.
The scientists found that when individuals completed a word puzzle, right before a moment
of insight, a cluster
of cells located in the superior temporal gyrus — in the right hemisphere
of the brain — show significant
activity.
«Ultimately, we needed 20 years to learn how to supercharge these
cells to deliver anticancer
activity,» says Arie Belldegrun, president and CEO
of Kite Pharma in Santa Monica, California, which is assessing CAR T
cells in six trials for B
cell leukemia and lymphomas, and glioblastoma.
How to Measure the Thermal Signatures
of Single
Cells and Assess Their Biological
Activity
On the contrary, given the presumption
of a collective agency for the
cell as a unified field
of activity, it makes excellent sense to account for the stability
of the field in terms
of societies
of inanimate actual occasions with their ongoing transmission
of fixed patterns and for the vitality
of the field in terms
of the nexus
of living occasions with their higher degree
of novelty and originality.