Sentences with phrase «build cell models»

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Some models have only a small pouch for a cell phone or bottle, but there are others loaded with pockets, pouches, and toy loops built into the waist belt.
As well as allowing the use of stem cells grown from established cell lines, the technology could enable the creation of improved human tissue models for drug testing and potentially even purpose - built replacement organs.
For the first time, researchers used human cells to build a model of the surface of the eye that's equipped with a fake eyelid that mimics blinking.
Today's version of the NPS1 model includes a digital simulation of every building in the area affected by the bomb, as well as every road, power line, hospital, and even cell tower.
They used this novel simulation approach to build a model of a sperm cell that demonstrates cellular movement from individual dynein protein molecules in the tail all the way up to the whole cell, allowing them to observe how changes at the atomic level are reflected in larger - scale structures.
Now, in a paper published on Oct. 3 in the Biophysical Journal, researchers at UConn Health's Virtual Cell Project have made it far easier for cell biologists to build complex biological modCell Project have made it far easier for cell biologists to build complex biological modcell biologists to build complex biological models.
It allows biologists without strong math or computer programming skills to build models and simulate how a cell functions.
«Our model is the first step towards building a heart relying on self - organisation of cells, without any external three - dimensional supporting materials,» says Ma.
The biomarker panel, enabled by discovery work of first author Jungsun Kim, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in Zaret's lab, builds on a first - of - its - kind human - cell model of pancreatic cancer progression the lab described in 2013.
The scientists, in collaboration with IBM, are launching the effort by building a computer model of the neocortical column of a rat, a single circuit of about 10,000 cells, each of which is capable of thousands of connections.
«Josh wanted someone to come in and build a model of single AII cells to try and understand how the AII works as an input / output device,» Cembrowski explains.
If we know, for example, that a cancer cell can be killed by deactivating a certain enzyme, researchers can build a detailed, 3 - D computer model of the enzyme to look for molecules that can go in and disable it.
The journal's home page explains that translational medicine «builds on basic research advances — studies of biological processes using cell cultures, for example, or animal models — and uses them to develop new therapies or medical procedures.»
Building on these findings, the researchers demonstrated the utility of their T cell expansion platform in a therapeutic model.
The test procedure is performed on an in vitro skin model built at Fraunhofer IGB from human skin cells in special culture dishes.
A new technique — called DNA Programmed Assembly of Cells — allows researchers to create arrays of thousands of custom - designed organoids, such as models of human mammary glands containing several hundred cells each, which can be built in a matter of hCells — allows researchers to create arrays of thousands of custom - designed organoids, such as models of human mammary glands containing several hundred cells each, which can be built in a matter of hcells each, which can be built in a matter of hours.
A UCSF - led team has developed a technique to build tiny models of human tissues, called organoids, more precisely than ever before using a process that turns human cells into a biological equivalent of LEGO bricks.
The new technique — called DNA Programmed Assembly of Cells (DPAC) and reported in the journal Nature Methods on August 31, 2015 — allows researchers to create arrays of thousands of custom - designed organoids, such as models of human mammary glands containing several hundred cells each, which can be built in a matter of hCells (DPAC) and reported in the journal Nature Methods on August 31, 2015 — allows researchers to create arrays of thousands of custom - designed organoids, such as models of human mammary glands containing several hundred cells each, which can be built in a matter of hcells each, which can be built in a matter of hours.
Researchers used data from different people's genotypes and metabolism to build personalized models that simulate how a drug will affect a particular set of cells in the body.
They built a mathematical model of a cell with a helix in it, and calculated how big the surface waves needed to be, and how fast the helix had to turn.
The study, «Modulating Behavior in C.elegans Using Electroshock and Antiepileptic Drugs,» just published in PLOS One, has led the researchers to build on the current animal models for inducing seizures via electroconvulsion in the genetically modifiable C.elegans that only has 302 brain cells called neurons.
(If you're using a built - in car nav or a portable windshield - mounted version instead of a cell phone, you'll need one of the many new models that receive FM broadcast traffic updates to get the same benefit.)
To study this barrier and determine why a lack of blood flow causes it to leak, the researchers built a blood - vessel - on - a-chip model consisting of a channel lined with a layer of human endothelial cells surrounded by extracellular matrix within a microfluidic device, which allowed them to easily simulate and control the flow of blood through a vessel and evaluate the cells» responses.
Scientists, led by Ottar Rolfssonat the University of Iceland, have built a mathematical model to examine the metabolism of breast epithelium — as the majority of breast cancers originate from these cells.
Researchers have built a model to investigate the metastasis of cancer by examining the metabolism of breast epithelial cells and look at the role of signaling.
A truly multidisciplinary subject, tissue engineering requires the skills of chemists and materials engineers to design and build organ scaffolds, physicists and mathematicians to model tissue growth, and biologists to monitor and control cell growth.
Consulting the model, the researchers hypothesized that the overall cell cycle's lack of variation was the result of a built - in negative feedback mechanism.
The software the Microsoft team then built generated billions of possible models that could explain stem cell self - renewal.
We also aim at understanding how different cilia are built and we use drosophila as a model system to understand the specialized function of ciliary genes in different ciliated cells and ciliary sub-compartments.
We build up bio-matrices with defined chemical composition to mimic their environment under physiological and pathological conditions, to supply nutrition, to provide signaling, to create polarized conditions, and to, ultimately, allow us to perform cell - based drug screening in 3D model organs.
Pluripotent stem cells, from a slightly later stage, can give rise to any specific tissue, but they fail to support more fundamental development such as growing organs for transplantation or building new mouse models.
Instead of building a replacement liver, she thought, why not use the same underlying techniques for growing cells in three dimensions to create a better model of how a liver behaves?
Together with his colleagues, he set to work building a better mouse model, one with human immune cells that would make it possible to safely and reliably assess potential vaccines and therapies prior to human trials.
Towards this goal, we build abstract mathematical as well as detailed biophysical models of neural cells and circuits across multiple brain regions (hippocampus, amygdala, PFC) and abstraction levels (single neurons, microcircuits, neuronal networks).
Currently, he is at The Rockefeller University where, as a Junior Fellow of the Simons Society, he uses stem cells to build experimental models of the human embryo, aimed at elucidating the earliest events in human development.
For a systems - level understanding of all crucial protein interactions during cell division, we are combining automated single molecule calibrated imaging and computational data analysis with advanced machine learning and modelling approaches to build an integrated protein atlas of the human dividing cell.
To build an in vitro model of the human glomerulus to probe deeper into its function and vulnerabilities to disease and drug toxicities, researchers have been attempting to engineer human stem cells — that in theory can give rise to any mature cell type — so that they form into functional podocytes.
He was key in building the model that showed Zika virus crosses the placenta and can infect fetal cells.
Lastly, we leveraged the quantified proteome to perform unsupervised classification of the cell lines and to build predictive models of drug response in colorectal cancer.
Specifically, we measured 14 phosphoproteins under 43 different perturbed conditions (combinations of 5 stimuli and 7 inhibitors) in 14 colorectal cancer cell lines, building cell line - specific dynamic logic models of underlying signaling networks.
February 10, 2015 New screening tool could speed development of ovarian cancer drugs University of Chicago Medicine researchers have built a model system that uses multiple cell types from patients to rapidly test compounds that could block the early steps in ovarian cancer metastasis.
University of Chicago Medicine researchers have built a model system that uses multiple cell types from patients to rapidly test compounds that could block the early steps in ovarian cancer metastasis.
AMES, Iowa — Seventeen middle school team representatives from 11 schools around Iowa converged on the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory on Feb. 22 to learn about hydrogen fuel - cell technology and to build hydrogen fuel - cell model cars.
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Working with a team comprising 26 educators, industry experts, nonprofit service providers, and students, Croft will spend the next year building out the unique model, which will feature multiple sites and a mobile learning center equipped with items such as hygiene products and cell phone chargers.
You may want to model this notification after others in your building, write your own, or look to Teaching Generation Text: Using Cell Phones to Enhance Learning for examples.
In science labs students can build models of molecules or print out complete models of cells.
Fuel Cell vehicle buyers now have a new model to choose from with the debut of the Hyundai Nexo, which builds on the Tucson FCEV with more space and a 370 mile driving range.
Unveiled at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show, the company's latest F - Cell model is built around the GLC crossover, and it's slated to go into production.
Once one gets to the Android OS that permits apps, the «ultimate» for me would be a tablet built on the dual screen e-ink / color screen model of the Yotaphone, that would fully functionalize Androd viewing on the same device, larger and without an unwanted cell phone commitment.
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