Sentences with phrase «cell disease generally»

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While these results suggest that boosting autophagy in the gut is generally beneficial, Hansen cautions that further research is needed: «Before we can consider regulating autophagy to manage disease, we need to learn a lot more about how the process works both in a single cell as well as in the whole organism.»

But the diseases that they wanted to study — including inflammatory bowel disease and spinal muscular atrophy — generally did not affect blood cells.

The drops protected the animals» retinal ganglion cells and optic nerves, both of which are generally damaged by the disease.

Dr. Sharma theorized that the diagnosis of sleep disordered breathing could be missed in this population because adults with sickle cell disease are not generally obese, a common risk factor for apnea, and daytime sleepiness is attributed to the pain medications necessary to treat symptoms of the disease.

While it is generally accepted that MSC are mostly quiescent during postnatal life, MSCs in different niches can presumably differentiate into the specific cells of closely related niches during physiological turnover, injury or disease, as shown for other stem cell types (e.g., muscle satellite cells).

It should be noted, however, that while a study on senescent cell ablation in genetically normal mice would provide at least some evidence on the effect of senescent cells (and their ablation) on promoting cancer, even such a study would likely show less effect than could be anticipated in a large mammal model, since even normally - aging mice rarely suffer metastatic disease to the extent of aging humans, as sheer primary tumor volume is generally sufficient to be fatal to mice.

Stem cell - based products, like other medical products that are intended to treat, cure or prevent diseases, generally require FDA approval before they can be marketed.

Stargardt's generally refers to a group of inherited diseases causing light - sensitive cells in the inner back of the eye (retina) to deteriorate, particularly in the area of the macula where fine focusing occurs.

It is generally understood that autoimmune disease is a scenario in which the immune system mistakenly attacks part of the body, thinking that healthy cells are foreign or harmful antigens.

So, another reason why iron might be low is in the case of leaky gut, or malabsorption syndrome, so this can occur in somebody with inflammatory bowel disease, or celiac disease, where the intestinal cells are just not able to absorb as many nutrients, or somebody with IBS, so, just generally sluggish digestion, inefficient digestion, perhaps a lack of stomach acid, or a lack of those digestive enzymes that help us absorb our food.

Parkinson's Disease (PD) is a progressive neurological condition generally indicated by nerve cell damage and cell death.

Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) comprises 17 - 25 % of oral tumors seen in the dog and is generally very locally invasive with approximately 10 - 30 % cases developing metastatic disease.

Generally healthy little terriers, Cairns can occasionally be prone to skin allergies, cataracts and other eye diseases, heart defects, thyroid problems, globoid cell leukodystrophy (a degenerative brain disease), von Willebrand's disease (a bleeding disorder), epilepsy, and joint problems like luxating patellas (kneecaps that slip out of place) and Legg - Perthes (a hip disease).