Sentences with phrase «as embryonic»

Cumming J. acknowledged, however, that «more recently, there has been some recognition of invasion of privacy as an embryonic tort where there is harassing behaviour or an intentional invasion of privacy.»

But, Justice Cumming said there is «some recognition of invasion of privacy as an embryonic tort where there is harassing behaviour or an intentional invasion of privacy».

Thus, the ability to measure DNAme in single cells has the potential to make important contributions to the understanding of several key biological processes, such as embryonic development, disease progression and aging.

Stem cells found in the blood and bone marrow are immature cells that develop into red and white blood cells, platelets and additional stem cells (they are not the same as embryonic stem cells).

«The holy grail in this field,» Kass says, «is to get cells which are every bit as capable as embryonic stem cells without using embryos at all.»

Pluripotent cells such as embryonic stem (ES) and induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells are the starting point from which to generate organ specific cell types.

They successfully converted mature mouse skin cells into what they called induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells that had the same wide - open potential as embryonic stem cells — which the researchers showed by turning their iPS cells into nerve and connective tissue cells.

For these cells to be as useful as embryonic stem cells, «we have to find a way to avoid retroviruses before application in cell therapy», Yamanaka says, as they could result in tumours.

Neither ES nor iPS cells, however, are as flexible as the original fertilized egg, which can form extra-embryonic as well as embryonic tissues.

As an alternative to harvesting them from embryos, scientists can also obtain pluripotent stem cells by treating mature somatic cells with a cocktail of transcription factors to regress them so that they are nearly as flexible as embryonic stem cells.

Cell migration is highly coordinated and occurs in processes such as embryonic development, wound healing, the formation of new blood vessels, and tumour cell invasion.

Previous work suggested they were as malleable as embryonic stem cells and so could be reprogrammed to make any kind of tissue.

Scientists were even more stunned in July 2002 when researchers led by stem cell biologist Catherine Verfaillie at the University of Minnesota reported that bone marrow — derived cells they had injected into young embryos contributed to all three embryonic layers, just as embryonic stem cells would do.

Once it starts, this process is usually irreversible — much as embryonic stem cells have no alternative but to become part of a kidney or cartilage once the biological «switch» is thrown.

The reprogrammed skin cells that have led to this enthusiasm seem to have the same properties as the embryonic stem cells (ESCs) found in human embryos just a few days old.

How do you visualise the extremely small forces connected to processes in our body, such as embryonic growth and development?

The induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) that the new method produces have the same ability as embryonic stem cells to turn into any kind of tissue.

The newly discovered human cells, named «cord - blood - derived embryonic - like stem cells» or CBEs, are not quite as primitive as embryonic stem cells, which can give rise to any tissue type of the body.

But the methods used to reprogram cells can damage their DNA, and the iPS cells may not behave in exactly the same way as embryonic stem cells.

A type of «virgin birth» stem cell could be as powerful as embryonic stem cells but without the same ethical objections, and are being tested for Parkinson ’s

«There's no reason in my mind to think that we're not going to have iPS cells that function as well as embryonic stem cells».

Not exact matches

«It's much easier to sell people on an idea in Canada,» he says, adding that top - notch developers here are more likely to embrace the challenge of an embryonic project that requires as much technical wizardry as imagination.

Wearables that attach to the skin, such as MC10's Biostamp, are also part of this category — though they're in a «more embryonic state» and require a much larger shift in consumer habits than a smart watch, Juniper says.

As a result, GEM turns up not just new businesses but also people in the embryonic stages of starting businesses.

ANOTHER embryonic sulphide nickel project is about to be created in WA.Perth - based Bullion Minerals Limited, established as a private minerals explorer in 1969, has launched a new $ 3 million float targeting a package of exploration ground immediatel...

Second, real, existing Islam is the main source of rising anti-Jewish feeling (as a Jew, Zemmour is personally concerned), and anti-Semitism is already a pillar of Soral's embryonic nativist - Islamist alliance.

Benedict argued that non-conjugal reproduction such as in vitro fertilization had created «new problems» ¯ the freezing of human embryos, for instance, and the selective abortion of medically implanted embryos, together with pre-implantation diagnosis, embryonic stem - cell research, and attempts at human cloning.

The NIH defines totipotent cells as the source of both embryonic stem cells and of trophoblast cells which give rise to extra-embryonic tissues such as the placenta.

research; since most of the reports have concentrated on justifying the creation of cloned human embryos for research into and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's, «stem - cells» has become synonymous with «embryonic stem - cells» in the public imagination.

The embryonic global culture is already relativizing both the trans - ethnic cultures (such as Christendom and the Islamic world) and the many ethnic cultures.

Given the latest medical data concerning the distinct characteristics of the fetus and its ability to survive outside the womb at a startlingly early age, it is little wonder that in the past few years several of the denominations that once took a more open position on abortion have retreated somewhat: the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is now studying the issue; in a 1980 statement on social principles, the UMC moved to a more qualified position; the Episcopal Church and the recently formed Evangelical Lutheran Church in America seem to be in the process of toning down their earlier positions (or those of a predecessor body) The Lutherans defeated a resolution in their 1989 Assembly which would have been consistent with the liberal position of the LCA predecessor body, and a 1988 Lutheran - Episcopal dialogue report refers to the fetus as «embryonic humanity» with claims on society.

«Speech in its embryonic stages as exemplified in animal and human behavior,» he says in Modes of Thought, «varies between emotional expression and signaling» (MT 52).

Embryonic stem cells are scientifically and medically interesting because they are «pluripotent» (capable of generating many cell types), but they are not the same as totipotent single - cell embryos.

As specialized cells are generated during embryonic development, they are programmed to use only a limited amount of the total genetic information present in the nucleus to produce the proteins required for their particular function.

Embryonic stem cells are produced during development by the same process of epigenetic programming that later will produce adult cells such as skin and brain.

This process of restricting the use of genetic information during embryonic development is known as epigenetic programming» programming that is not part of the DNA code itself but imposed on that code during embryonic development.

Human cloning has been proposed as a means of generating human embryos that can be destroyed to obtain embryonic stem cells.

In addition, scientific journals continue to push the issue of embryonic stem - cell research in their editorial and commentary sections, using it as a prime criterion to grade political candidates.

The cell nuclei are removed from both sets of embryonic cells, as shown in the diagram, the donor's nuclei and the remains of the parents» embryo are destroyed and the parents» nuclei are then inserted into the donor or «host» embryo, still containing its healthy mitochondria.

(i) a woman's right to an abortion; (iii) medical immunization of teen girls (and boys) against HPV; (iv) assisted suicide; (vi) gay marriage; (vii) my right to view art and theatre deemed «offensive,» «blasphemous» or «obscene» Catholics; (viii) basic $ ex education for older school children; (ix) treating drug abuse as principally a medical issue; (x) population control; (xi) buying alcohol on a Sunday in many places; (xii) use of condoms and other contraceptives; (xiii) embryonic stem cell research; (xiv) little 10 year - old boys joining organizations such as the Boy Scouts of America, regardless of the religious views of their parents; and (xv) gays being allowed to serve openly in the military.

McCain, as mentioned earlier, has backed embryonic stem cell research in the past.

And this is occurring on a grand scale, as a large number of former closed societies find themselves part of one vast, complex and (as yet) embryonic open society.

Although Paul's theology was destined to be the dominant model for all later Christian thinking, it is fortunate that the New Testament preserves for us some other embryonic theological patterns, notably the Johannine writings which go so far as to express this theology in the form of speeches attributed to Jesus.

Obviously one must reckon with Greek influence upon the origin of Christianity from the very beginning, (All the more as the Qumrân texts show that the Judaism to which embryonic Christianity was so closely connected was already itself influenced by Hellenism.

There is, in fact, an embryonic suggestion of Whitehead's concept of peace as it appears in Adventure of Ideas, combined with what could just as well be termed, with Whitehead, «harmony and intensity of feeling.»

Instead of responding with the traditional and easy «You will think and do as we say because we're your parents» routine, we interpreted those embryonic expressions of defiance as opportunities for discussion, dialog and even debate.

Many of the eschatological motifs which flourished in later apocalypses are to be found in embryonic form in Isaiah 24 - 27 a passage sometimes referred to as «the Little Apocalypse».

This complex society may be said to begin with conception, or with a late stage of embryonic development, or with early childhood, depending upon the purpose which determines what one takes as its defining characteristic.

The Arsenal transfer rumours about Jack Wilshere and a possible move to play for our old rivals Manchester United are still in the embryonic stage, as reported by Metro, but with the Gunners already having more options in the central midfield area where Jack plays there is a good chance that his loan season at AFC Bournemouth is not going to be enough to earn him a return to play for his beloved Arsenal.

All that, plus the pulsating game at Arsenal with so many talking points, and as a little bonus there was an embryonic cup run.