Sentences with phrase «cell degeneration caused»

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Man had made enormous strides in discovering the causes of disease, and is still fighting a long - drawn - out battle against such things as the incredibly minute viruses, and the apparently arbitrary cell - degeneration known as cancer.

Malfunctioning mitochondria can cause problems in every cell in the body, contributing massive stress to our internal environment, increasing inflammation, rapid breakdown of tissues, and eventually degeneration of the human body (AKA rapid aging).

A man in a flagship stem cell trial for age - related macular degeneration has swelling in his eye, but the cause is probably surgery — not stem cells

PRA is caused by the degeneration of the photoreceptor cells, rods and cones, which are needed for dark and day light vision, respectively.

«We now have a handle on the detailed structure of a complex web of interactions that causes global dysfunction in cells resulting in degeneration of the brain.»

Recent studies suggest that the total loss in brain volume due to atrophy — a wasting away of tissue caused by cell degeneration — between our teen years and old age is 15 percent or more, which means that by the time we're in our seventies, our brains have shrunk to the size they were when we were between 2 and 3 years old.

By activating the Ret receptor, the scientists were able to prevent in flies and human cell cultures the degeneration of mitochondria, which is caused by a gene defect related to Parkinson's disease.

«Our study sounds a serious warning about the possible detrimental side effects of this strategy, since we have shown that such antibodies cause dramatic degeneration of nerve cells by interfering with the normal on - off function of the prion protein,» he added.

Gradual degeneration of these cells causes a reduction in a vital chemical neurotransmitter, dopamine.

Importantly, the antibody treatment also caused severe degeneration of nerve cell dendrites, the regions that are essential for normal communication between nerve cells.

These substances are both highly Poisonous to nerve cells, and so could cause the degeneration of brain tissue found in Alzheimer's patients.

Many diseases that lead to blindness, such as glaucoma and macular degeneration, are caused by the death of certain cells in the human retina that lack the ability to regenerate.

It has been designed for treating the «dry» form of macular degeneration, caused by deposits on the retina gradually killing retinal pigment epithelial cells, which support light - capturing cells.

The condition is hereditary or age - related, and causes degeneration of the photoreceptors — light - sensitive cells in the retina — leading to blindness.

In a second trial starting around the same time, a different team in Zhengzhou will use ES cells to target vision loss caused by age - related macular degeneration.

A newly identified genetic disorder associated with degeneration of the central and peripheral nervous systems in humans, along with the genetic cause, is reported in the April 24, 2014 issue of Cell.

Johns Hopkins University biologists have found that a protein that plays a key role in the lives of stem cells can bolster the growth of damaged muscle tissue, a step that could potentially contribute to treatments for muscle degeneration caused by old age and diseases such as muscular dystrophy.

Age - related macular degeneration, a disease that slowly degrades light - sensitive cells in the retina, is the leading cause of vision loss and blindness among people 65 and older, according to the Centers for Disease Control...

These processes are the basis for liver cell degeneration, which can cause HCC,» explains Prof. Heikenwälder, who led the study.

Her research showed that degeneration is caused by perturbations in the epidermis due to an increase in matrix - metalloproteinase 13 (MMP - 13), an enzyme that degrades the collagen, or «glue,» between the cells.

It is characterized by the wasting of skeletal muscles and caused by progressive degeneration of nerve cells in the spinal cord; the disease leads to increasing muscular weakness, atrophy and premature death due to respiratory problems.

This research points to exciting new possibilities for preventing or reversing the disabling vision loss caused by age - related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, retinitis pigmentosa, glaucoma, and other diseases that damage the retina, the layer of light - sensitive nerve cells that line the back of the eye.

A team led by Steven Schwartz at UCLA administered about 50,000 cells Tuesday into one eye of a volunteer suffering from Stargardt Macular Dystrophy, a progressive form of blindness that usually begins in childhood, and another with Dry Age - Related Macular Degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in the developed world, Advanced Cell Technology, which is sponsoring the study, announced Thursday.

A team of researchers at the University of Southern California grew stem - cell membranes in a sterile lab for a month and then inserted them into the eyes of four people with «dry» macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in developed countries.

These findings suggest that RPE cells, derived from iPS cells, could be used to treat blindness in humans, such as blindness caused by age - related macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness in the Western world.

His work, involving stem cell technology, will help drive forward efforts to understand and develop therapies for macular degeneration, one of the most significant causes of morbidity in the elderly.

SMA is a genetic, neuromuscular disease caused by progressive degeneration of nerve cells in the spinal cord that leads to muscular weakness and atrophy and increased risk for early death due to respiratory failure.

Spinal muscular atrophy involves wasting of the skeletal muscles and is caused by gradual degeneration of nerve cells in the spinal cord.

Caused by progressive degeneration of nerve cells in the spinal cord, the disease leads to increasing muscular weakness and atrophy.

And the ability to regenerate new, unspecialized cells could revolutionize treatment for conditions caused by cellular degeneration.

Some examples of the effects of the herbal tinctures are, protection of the immune system, to help combat the effects of stress, improved memory, learning, and reaction time, reduction of anxiety and depression (without causing drowsiness), stabilizing blood sugars, lowering cholesterol, reducing brain - cell degeneration, and aiding in treatment of inflammation.

Alzheimer's is not caused by damaged blood vessels, but by degeneration of brain cells's proteins.

By doing this, vitamin E slows mental and physical degeneration of cells that causes aging.

Aging, tissue degeneration, and skin changes may be brought about by the damage that free radicals cause to cells unprotected by antioxidant nutrients in the body.

This is different from typical progressive retinal degeneration (PRA), which involves both the rod and cone cells of the retina causing night blindness and worsening day vision.

It contains 12 anti-oxidants that have been proven to be helpful in preserving and maintaining vision in dogs and can be helpful for protecting eye cells from oxidative damage, which causes Progressive Retinal Atrophy (PRA), old age retinal degeneration, diabetes, cataracts, glaucoma, and dry eyes.

CD disease causes day blindness due to degeneration of the retinal «cones» — cone - shaped cells in the retina that respond primarily to bright daylight.

The cause of the degeneration of the stria vascularis is not known for certain, but appears to result from the absence of pigment cells (melanocytes) in the stria.

However unlike other forms of Day Blindness observed in other breeds, the DB / RD mutation causes a more complete retinal degeneration in the Standard Poodle and affected dogs eventually lose both cone and rod cell function resulting in vision loss under all lighting conditions.

The cause of the vascular degeneration is not known, but appears to be associated with the absence of pigment producing cells known as melanocytes in the stria.

Diabetes is caused by degeneration of insulin - producing cells in the pancreas (in the Islets of Langerhaans to be precise).

A progressive degeneration is caused by fibrosis, or thickening, of the muscle cells which lead to loss of muscle function.