Sentences with phrase «as cell communication»

Why it matters: Because the secretome is important for tissue function and equilibrium as well as cell communication, proliferation and organization, studying these proteins may lead to new treatments and biomarker discovery.

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As of Monday, the Federal Communications Commission said 4.3 percent of cell sites in Puerto Rico and 14...

WallStEquities.com turns investors» attention to the Wireless Telecommunications Services industry, which consists of companies that are engaged in providing wireless communication services, such as paging, cell phone, and other satellite telecommunication services.

Communications to and from Puerto Rico are strained (cell service has been all but wiped out on the island; even the governor couldn't get through to his parents as of Thursday), but the situation on the ground sounds very grim.

Power was knocked out, as was cell communication.

Dennis has a PhD in genetics / developmental biology from the University of British Columbia and a special interest in studying pattern formation and cell - cell communication during tissue development using fruit flies as a model organism.

Blueberries also stimulate the growth of new nerve cells and facilitate better communication between nerve cells via a process known as transduction.

One factor behind this evolution is that fact that the internet's main rivals as communications channels (general - audience broadcast advertising, phonebanking / robocalls and direct mail) are all gradually losing effectiveness as a result of a variety of factors including increased competition for viewer attention, cable channel proliferation, cell phone ubiquity, and overall junk - mail resistance.

Structural constraints in the telecom industry still limit the use of cell phones as a mass communications tool in U.S. politics, but individual Obama supporters and organizers of course used text messaging, video and voice calls extensively in their own personal outreach.

Ions such as calcium are important because they affect the release of neurotransmitters, the molecules that mediate communication between brain cells,» said Noebels.

Peptides can bind to targets on a cell (usually receptors or enzymes that are themselves proteins) and so regulate cellular functions such as nutrient uptake or communication between cells.

Action potentials can be created by many types of cells, but are used most extensively by the nervous system for communication between neurons and to transmit information from neurons to other body tissues such as muscles and glands.

Dr Lee Campbell, Research Projects and Science Communications Manager at Cancer Research Wales, who part - fund the study, commented: «This is an exciting breakthrough as cancer stem cells are thought to be responsible for the failure of many cancer treatments and the re-emergence of cancers, often many years after the initial disease.

The mutated, drug resistant H7N9 virus, however, was still able to infect cultured human cells and spread between laboratory animals as efficiently as nonmutated strains, researchers report December 10 in Nature Communications.

In a brain ravaged by Alzheimer's, microtubules, which are crucial to cell communication, disintegrate as tau proteins (blue) form tangles and amyloid proteins (green) form plaques.

The higher energy capacity of this miniature thin - film fuel cell battery «will lead to further new classes of personal electronics, such as autonomous sensors and communication devices that are not currently possible with existing battery technologies,» Morse asserts.

They contain functional proteins and genetic materials and serve as a vehicle for communication between cells.

As cell phones and smart phones take over more communication, information and entertainment functions, concerns about their possible role in causing brain cancer are buzzing on the airwaves.

Changes to the properties of the lipid bilayer component of the cell membrane can alter the function of proteins embedded in the membrane — proteins that regulate critical functions such as transport of materials in and out of the cell and communication with other cells.

In our lab, we address how such communication allows cells to arrange themselves in such a way as to form tissues.»

«Although, both ketamine and memantine have similar actions when nerve cells are active, under resting conditions, memantine is less effective in blocking nerve cell communication compared to ketamine, This fundamental difference in their action could explain why memantine has not been effective as a rapid antidepressant» said Dr. Monteggia, who holds the Ginny and John Eulich Professorship in Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Dr. Monteggia's lab focuses on the molecular and cellular bases of neural plasticity, the fundamental property of nerve cells to alter their communication, as they pertains to neuropsychiatric disorders, as well as understanding the mechanisms underlying antidepressant efficacy.

Instead, they discovered that Tregs trigger stem cell activation directly through a common cell - cell communication system known as the Notch pathway.

Published in Nature Communications, the study shows that as egg cells mature in older women, paired copies of matching chromosomes often separate from each other at the wrong time, leading to early division of chromosomes and their incorrect segregation into mature egg cells.

Zhang said she hopes this research will lead to SAW devices used in monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs), low - cost, high - bandwidth integrated circuits that are seeing use in a variety of forms of high speed communications, such as cell phones.

Cell phones were first introduced purely for voice communications; then text messaging emerged as a simple additional innovation.

In earlier research involving fruit flies, Professor Verstreken had already demonstrated that a protein known as «Skywalker» plays a crucial role in maintaining communication between brain cells.

«Moreover, there is an active bidirectional communication between the nerve cells and the blood vessels to ensure the proper development and maintenance of an organ as complex as the brain,» reports Carmen Ruiz de Almodóvar.

From the time an egg begins to develop in one of a woman's ovaries, the granulosa cells serve as a communication system — signaling, for example, when the egg needs nutrients and proteins.

In just a few hours, the endocrine cell moves toward the neuron and fibers appear between them as they establish communication.

The study, published in Nature Communications, examined the changes that occur in cancer cells as they break away from tumours in cell cultures, zebrafish and mice.

The research, using cells from the Breast Cancer Now Tissue Bank and due to be published in Nature Communications, also shows that the epigenetic changes are inherited as long as the cell divides, and that the team's manipulations permanently and negatively affected the biology of a normal breast cell from a healthy individual.

Researchers knew that cells in the inner ear below hair cells — known as supporting cells — can become the sensory cells themselves when stimulated by a protein that blocks Notch signaling, which is an important mechanism for cell communication.

These EVs have been recognized as messengers of cell - to - cell communication and as biomarkers for various diseases.

Last year Harris Corp., the Melbourne, Fla., company that makes the majority of cell site simulators, went so far as to petition the Federal Communications Commission to block a FOIA request for user manuals for some of the company's products.

But these cells are very expensive, and so have mostly been limited to specialist uses such as powering satellites, communications equipment in remote areas and pocket calculators.

Nerves and heart muscle start to struggle as vital communication channels in the cell membranes are squeezed, and many proteins can not fold into their correct three - dimensional shape properly, becoming physically deformed.

Recent studies have shown that microRNAs are delivered from cells to cells via exosomes to serve as intercellular communication tools.

Rice University researchers found that some cancer cells get as much as 60 percent of their fuel from eating exosomes, tiny communications packets emitted by neighboring cells.

So far, we know that aspirin inhibits the production of proteins known as prostaglandins, which help control the cellular communication that controls how cells proliferate.

The channel - like property could have evolved, says Edwards, to meet the important need of moving large amounts of glutamate quickly, for while the other neurotransmitters are involved in modulating behaviors, such as mood, and therefore don't need to act with millisecond speed, glutamate functions by rapid - fire communication between closely placed nerve cells, and could require the fast action of the channel mechanism.

Her aim is to understand, at the molecular level, the mechanisms that control communication between the brain, immune system, and blood vessels — with the ultimate goal of designing new therapies that slow, stop, or reverse the progression of a wide range of neurological disorders, such as MS. Recently, Dr. Akassoglou's lab identified how microglia — a type of immune cell that acts as the brain's first line of defense — are activated when fibrinogen enters the brain or spinal cord.

Based on our recent development allowing the efficient and robust conversion of human pluripotent stem cells into affected spinal motor neurons and non - affected cranial motor neurons, our objective is to deepen the mechanisms involved in the specific degeneration of spinal motor neurons in SMA as well as the mis communication of these neurons with their muscular target.

These activities encompass proactive collation and dissemination of information on stem cell research and regenerative medicine and related ethical and societal topics, development of science communication tools, presentation of science to audiences ranging from the lay public to scientists, clinicians and politicians, as well as internal and open training events.

Short Research Communication The Factors Reducing Relative Dose Intensity of Cisplatin and Vinorelbine as Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Ryo Inose, Katsuyuki Takahashi, Naruo Yoshimura, Tomoya Kawaguchi, Mitsutaka Takada, Katsuya Nagayama Oncomedicine 2018; 3: 9 - 14.

Celldance is a program supported by the ASCB Public Information Committee to promote public engagement and education in cell biology, as well as to help cell biologists develop their skills in video - based science communication and storytelling.

As Director of PNNL's Biomolecular Systems Initiative, Wiley has built a program to develop and leverage PNNL's unique capabilities in cell imaging, computational biology, and high - throughput proteomics to understand cell communication.

Others were unanticipated, including significant differences in expression levels among genes involved in fundamental cellular processes such as ribosomal biogenesis, transfer RNA processing, and Notch - signaling — part of a complex system of communication that governs basic cellular activities and coordinates cell actions.

Individual topics addressed each day are as diverse as the communication of science, drug development, adult stem cells, sustainable food systems, translational physiology, and investigative pathology.

Laiho developed a new compound, known as BMH - 21, that disrupts this communication, causing the death of cancer cells.