Sentences with phrase «body components acting»

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Pregnancy, however, falls comfortably into none of the usual definitions of disease: it is not a state inimical to the way one is supposed to feel; it is not a condition in which body components and systems are acting inharmoniously (to the contrary, infertility would more likely fall within that definition); it is not a state of abnormality — for the pregnant woman functions satisfactorily within society, and the social and physical environment tolerates the pregnant woman perfectly.

After more than six years of research, the research team led by María Soengas, head of CNIO's Melanoma Group, showed that RAB7 acts as an orchestra director, determining the fate of melanoma cells: at high concentrations of RAB7, cellular autodigestion is very active, and this allows tumor cells to obtain energy, prevent the accumulation of toxic components and thus divide and proliferate; when RAB7 is reduced, cells use endosomes to recycle metastatic proteins, favouring their dispersal throughout the body.

In order to match the characteristics of body components more precisely to the stresses that act on them, the engineer and his colleagues are pursuing an exciting new approach called «local laser reinforcement».

Zinc's role includes acting as a necessary component of more than 200 enzyme systems, normal growth and development, the maintenance of body tissues, sexual function, vision, and the immune system.

Scientists at the Universities of York and Texas have found that a component of cancer cells, which acts like a «cellular post office», could be the key to preventing the spread of lung cancer to other parts of the body.

A key component of methylating processes is MTHFR, which acts as a switch turning biological activities off and on in the body.

This family involves the modulation of the bodily component of the emotion by acting directly on the body itself (Gross, 1998).