Sentences with phrase «bystander effects»

Bystander effects have been described in numerous in vitro cell culture systems.

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (January 23, 2018)-- For decades, researchers have tried to target cancer therapies to only the cancerous cells, to avoid the toxic bystander effects of standard chemo and radiation therapy to normal cells.

But he cautions that, due to the small sample size used by the team, «it is not possible to see well - defined trends that would suggest the existence of bystander effects.»

He suggests that current estimates of cancer risk from low doses of radiation — say, from naturally occurring radon and diagnostic tests — may underestimate the danger by failing to take into account bystander effects.

The take - home message, says Mothersill, is that bystander effects occur in living organisms, and thus should be taken into account when determining radiation risks in humans and other animals.

«(W) hen we bring research on divorce into conversation with rich, emerging bodies of work on social contagion and cultural trauma, we see that bystander effects, while indirect and diffuse, may be no less real or consequential, and that they beckon us to individual and collective reflection on the broader effects of the «divorce revolution.»»

Bystanders also may experience what is known as the bystander effect which occurs when people witness an event like bullying when a large group of people are around.

Called the «bystander effect,» the findings led to speculation that the radiation was creating some agent in the cytoplasm — an unidentified chemical — that then damaged nuclear DNA.

Although this «bystander effect» has been observed in tissue culture and recently in living animals, no experiments have yet linked it to the main reason for concern: Bystander effects might trigger cancer.

Stimulation of TRAIL protein is sustained in both tumor and normal cells, with the normal cells contributing to the TIC10 - induced cancer cell death through a bystander effect.

I think a lot of it was the bystander effect.

Another popular autoimmune theory that explains how infections can trigger autoimmunity is known as the bystander effect theory.

These infections can contribute to the development of autoimmunity through various mechanisms, depending on where they «live» (i.e. molecular mimicry outside of the thyroid gland, and the bystander effect inside of the thyroid gland).

During last decades different models such as molecular mimicry, «bystander effect» and viral persistence were proposed as possible mechanisms that initiate the overreaction of the immune system and lead to an autoimmune disease.

This theory is based on my work and observations with 1000's of people with Hashimoto's, a concept known as adaptive physiology, and some of the leading theories of autoimmune disease including the bystander effect, molecular mimicry, thyroid directed autoimmunity, and the three - legged stool of autoimmunity.

The Witness (Unrated) Bystander Effect documentary revisiting the murder of 28 year - old Kitty Genovese in Queens in the wee hours of March 13, 1964 which awakened 38 of her neighbors, all of whom failed to call the police.

I developed the techniques after reviewing dozens of studies on the «Bystander Effect» and have trained hundreds of educators in how to use them with students.

While the authors opine that «the community education component» of the TNR project created what they called «a bystander effect that motivated [residents] to take action on behalf of all animals in their care,» the obvious mechanism was the policy shift and practices of animal control officers in the target area.

Others have pointed out that social media perpetuates the bystander effect, where individuals share news of a bad situation rather than offer tangible assistance.

Do your part to break the inaction caused by the bystander effect, and respond to ethics committee's calls for opinions and input from practicing attorneys.

The lack of response to these hearings and requests for comments isn't, I believe, due to apathy, but is a manifestation of the bystander effect.

Carolyn Elefant is hoping to battle the bystander effect, and has issued a call to action regarding the ABA 20/20 Ethics Committee to her readership.

In his vision, Citizen's alerts create a citizen - powered public safety web to combat the bystander effect — a term popularized by the now - debunked myth surrounding the murder of Kitty Genovese, a cautionary tale that Frame cites as inspiration.

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I believe that the Bystander Effect needs to be considered as seriously as leaving the scene of an accident or leaving the scene of a crime.

Not exact matches

«Being an «upstander» rather than just a bystander has a positive ripple effect for the entire workplace,» she adds.

«Trade wars create a lot of casualties among innocent bystanders, and there are direct order effects as well as second and third - order effects.»

The moralist points out that it's unfair to make innocent bystanders suffer the ill effects of your factory's pollution.

And secondarily, all its effects are skillfully, if not always consciously, contrived and graduated to convey a certain message to, and arouse particular emotions in, the bystanders.

Extending the circle of bystanders even further, what effect does the witness of divorce have on society as a whole?

This bystander exposure is likely a «sub-clinical exposure» - where the mom would not experience any effects herself, but the constant chronic exposure in drift or house dust could impact an unborn child, Shelton said.

Considerable previous research in cell cultures has demonstrated that low doses of ionizing radiation results in «bystander» effects, in which nearby, unexposed tissues suffer cell death, mutations, and tumor - inducing growth (ScienceNOW, 7 September 2005).

However, our study was not designed to assess causality, and the relationship between bystander and first - responder intervention and outcomes should be viewed as associations and not causal effect.

This is the first description of a human memory T cell population that is susceptible to being lost through end - stage differentiation due to the combined effects of lifelong virus reactivation in the presence of bystander differentiation - inducing factors.

There are many benefits: You can wear sandals without having an emetic effect on bystanders; you can shift about in bed without snagging the sheets on your rough hooves; you can play footsie with confidence.

«Nerve» does give equal time to exploring the three side effects of the game: the impact on the players, the bystanders who proudly record the action on their phones, and those who think they're all absolutely insane.

During the program, students are educated on the types of bullying and the effects of bullying, and they become motivated to be upstanders rather than bystanders.

Corduner's masterful performance underlines the effect of war on innocent bystanders.

4) The scammers who are paying for reviews are creating a situation where the paid reviewers are having to sprinkle in other fake reviews on non-paid-for items in order to make their accounts seem legitimate, so innocent bystanders are being taken out in the side effects of the paid review marketplace.

Olson's smaller paintings in oil on wood, with their fragmentary nature and sense of happy happenstance, also have this «bystander» effect.

But within a couple of feet, it has rather unfortunate effects on bystanders.

The net effect is that lawyers basically are encouraged to sue everyone and settle with those who have minimal insurance coverage or lack insurance, leaving any solvent bystander at risk for bearing the entire judgement.

Plus you can use it to hurl bystanders who look at you the wrong way off the edge of the world with zero consequences, which is actually a frequent side effect of your powers, whether you intend it or not.

A meta - analysis of school - based bullying prevention programs» effects on bystander intervention behavior and empathy attitude.