Sentences with phrase «cell disorder also»

A laboratory blood test developed at Johns Hopkins for the diagnosis of a rare genetic red blood cell disorder also shows promise in identifying HELLP syndrome, a life - threatening high blood pressure condition affecting 1 percent of all pregnant women that causes hypertension along with end organ damage, researchers report in the May issue of the journal Experimental Hematology.

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Through CBR ®, we also help families to preserve newborn stem cells, which are used today in transplant medicine for certain cancers and blood, immune and metabolic disorders, and have the potential to play a valuable role in the ongoing development of regenerative medicine.

My daughter's and my diagnosis with a Mast Cell Disorder has lead me to do some research into mast cell disorders and how they relate to these other diseases, especially since my daughter also has tree allergies, celiac disease and ADHD; I have EoE, environmental and other severe food allergies; and my son has a diagnosis of multiple life threatening food allergies, eczema, environmental allergies and astCell Disorder has lead me to do some research into mast cell disorders and how they relate to these other diseases, especially since my daughter also has tree allergies, celiac disease and ADHD; I have EoE, environmental and other severe food allergies; and my son has a diagnosis of multiple life threatening food allergies, eczema, environmental allergies and astcell disorders and how they relate to these other diseases, especially since my daughter also has tree allergies, celiac disease and ADHD; I have EoE, environmental and other severe food allergies; and my son has a diagnosis of multiple life threatening food allergies, eczema, environmental allergies and asthma.

Cord blood transplants are also accepted as treatment for thalassemia and sickle cell anemia, inherited blood disorders that are prevalent in certain ethnic groups.

It also sought to match epigenetic changes and genetic differences to the physical characteristics of each cell type and use this knowledge to understand how these can lead to blood disorders, cancer and other complex diseases.

Yang said the study not only indicated which genes are affected by traumatic brain injury and linked to serious disease, but also might point to the genes that govern metabolism, cell communication and inflammation — which might make them the best targets for new treatments for brain disorders.

He says the structure could also offer a new way of studying blood stem cells and how blood disorders arise.

These same overstimulated white blood cells are also the cells that cause other autoimmune disorders like diabetes,» says Santamaria.

Cultures representing two other hereditary liver diseases, alpha 1 — antitrypsin deficiency (a protein - folding disorder that leads to cell death and liver failure) and glycogen storage disease, type 1a (in which a liver enzyme deficiency impairs the body's glucose metabolism), also displayed disorder - specific abnormalities.

These findings also have implications for treatment of cancer and other disorders, such as obesity, in which M2 macrophage cells play a regulatory role in tumor growth and fat deposition.

In rare cases the bite also can cause a severe illness called systemic loxoscelism, characterized by a blood clotting disorder and hemolysis, destruction of red blood cells.

The study also examines the use of lentiviral vectors for cell delivery in treating liver diseases, a tool traditionally used in treating blood disorders.

Porter will also monitor the patients» long - term health; since they lack healthy B cells, they may require lifelong immunoglobulin to help resist other cancers, immune disorders, and infectious disease.

As they continue to explore what disordered proteins do inside the cell, researchers are also pursuing basic questions about how disordered proteins work.

So editing cells inside the body would allow us to treat far more conditions — from genetic disorders to high cholesterol — and would also be cheaper than growing and editing cells outside the body.

The new epidermis, grown from human pluripotent stem cells, offers a cost - effective alternative lab model for testing drugs and cosmetics, and could also help to develop new therapies for rare and common skin disorders.

Down's syndrome, haemophilia, fragile X syndrome, sickle - cell anaemia, thalassaemia and a plethora of other disorders are also down to genetic defects.

The study found that the insulin - like growth factor 1 (IGF - 1) hormone, known for its pivotal role in tissue growth, is also capable of increasing the lithium sensitivity of blood cells in bipolar disorder patients in whom lithium was originally ineffective.

«Our results not only demonstrate a potential mechanism for the development of neurodegenera - tive disorders but we have also found another example of the way in which proteins can form aggregates and damage the cell.

Certain light - sensitive molecules also can be used to inhibit the activity of brain cells, a finding that has implication for disorders such as epilepsy.

They are also interested in exploring the potential role of these cells in models of neurodegenerative movement disorders such as amyloid lateral sclerosis.

Promising results have also been seen in degenerative disease adrenoleukodystrophy and the blood - cell disorder beta - thalassaemia.

This finding suggests that future studies should also consider the role mTOR - expressing oRG cells may play in the origins of these disorders.

The team's findings may also be relevant to inflammatory disorders that affect other parts of the body, such as the linings of the gut and bowel, which, like the skin, are replenished by epithelial stem cells.

The results of the trial therefore suggest that these white blood cells might be involved in causing CFS — a disorder also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), and one that has so far defied explanation.

Unravelling this mechanism could also help scientists understand more about human cell dysfunctions linked to disorders such as diabetes, Parkinson's and other neurodegenerative diseases.

They tested cells from healthy people of various ages and also from children with Hutchinson - Guilford progeria, a rare hereditary disorder that resembles an accelerated form of aging.

If the approach also works with human cells, it could eventually lead to cell therapies for diseases like inherited leukodystrophies — disorders of the brain's white matter — and multiple sclerosis, as well as spinal cord injuries.

This method of generating custom blood cells may also be applicable for other blood disorders, but its potential does not end there, Cheng says.

Furthermore, this study also encourages the application of iPSC - MSCs as an exciting new therapeutic option for a range of immunological disorders and suggests that further study of the secreted factors may allow the construction of efficient cell - free therapies in the near future.

Gladstone investigators also discovered that the p75 neurotrophin receptor — a protein long known for its role in the development of brain cells — plays unexpected roles in metabolic disorders, such as type 2 diabetes.

The discoveries are also expected to be helpful in treating patients suffering from ischemia, stroke and neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease by protecting cells and tissues from stress damage.

Brain organoids, also known as mini-brains, are tiny clumps of brain cells grown from stem cells that researchers are using to investigate the neural underpinnings of autism and other neurological disorders.

He also held several positions of increasing leadership at Praecis Pharmaceuticals, including Director of Cell Biology, where he initiated or contributed to the establishment of numerous research projects focusing on the discovery of novel therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, inflammation, infectious disease, and neurological disorders.

This new knowledge has paved the way for the therapeutic transfer of stem cells not only for the treatment of hematopoietic diseases by bone marrow transplantation â $» first attempted by E. Donnall Thomas, one of this bookâ $ ™ s editors, in 1957 â $» but also for the treatment of many other disorders.

Structural analogues with similar binding properties may also be active against HIV infection, cancer cell migration, and inflammatory disorders mediated by CXCR4.

This technique has the potential to address hematological disorders and is also being used to beef up immune cells to fight cancers such as leukemia.

«We were therefore surprised to find that it also plays important roles in neurons, which don't divide, and in a neurodegenerative disorder that is characterized by a loss of these brain cells.»

Along with treating children with malignant disease, he also will care for those whose blood disorders are not malignant, such as patients with sickle cell anemia.

Also, we demonstrated here for the first time that a myc - immortalized cell line could be successfully reprogrammed, opening new avenues for the study of several previously characterized immortalized cell lines that are relevant for the biological understanding of several disorders.

We are also examining how gene expression and mitochondrial function is altered in human cells in the disorder known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, in order to develop objective tests for the illness as well to identify causal factors.

The findings may also yield insights into other disorders that involve mitochondria, our cells» biological power plants.

Stitzel and his team showed that HADH is also expressed by delta cells and that delta cell dysfunction might be a previously unrecognized contributing factor to monogenic diabetic disorders.

Forman - Kay has also found cases where disordered proteins provide precise tuning of cell cycle regulation and protein degradation.

Scientists also possibly could use the technique to correct the disorder in stem cells, then use the healthy cells in a treatment.

Also, leaky gut syndrome (damaged intestine cells allowing things to pass into our systems that don't belong there causing INFLAMMATION) is THE main reason for ALL the «modern» (Neolithic) health disorders / diseases.

And then we also have things like mast cell activation disorder, right?

Most of these studies involve Th17 cells, which play an important role in maintaining mucosal barriers and contributing to pathogen clearance at mucosal surfaces, but also have been implicated in autoimmune and inflammatory disorders.

Quercetin also is being studied for its potential benefits to gut health, since mast cell activation has been associated with irritable and inflammatory gastrointestinal disorders.

I truly believe these different perspectives are valuable; just imagine how tremendous it is that while you're working on controlling your weight, diabetes, thyroid or seizure disorders, what if you're also actually starving your own little potential cancer cells?