Reducing vitamin B12 levels in bone
cells in the laboratory did not affect the function of the bone - forming cells directly, while under the same conditions it affected liver cell functions profoundly.
Before any tests or trials take place on patients, millions of chemical compounds are tested
on cells in the laboratory, in a bid to detect adverse effects.
But this might be limited to thin layers
of cells in laboratory settings, since the visible light emitted by the diamond probes — a faint green glow — does not penetrate whole human tissue very well.
Isoflavones have been shown to slow the growth of breast cancer
cells in laboratory studies, and epidemiological analyses in East Asian women with breast cancer found links between higher isoflavone intake and reduced mortality.
Studies in animals, and
human cells in laboratory culture, indicate that CLA may protect against certain types of cancer (6, 7, 8).
To produce the cells, the Salk scientists developed a combination of chemical signals that directed human stem
cells in a laboratory dish to become spatially oriented.
Although British researchers had discovered embryonic stem
cells in laboratory animals in 1981, it wasn't until 1998 that a Wisconsin team announced it had isolated stem cells from human embryos for the first time.
Gold nanotubes engineered to a specified length, modified surfaces, and to have other desirable characteristics showed expected abilities to enter
tumor cells in laboratory studies, and to distribute to tissues within live mice as intended.
Thirdly, labeling
immune cells in laboratory animal research has revealed that there is an accumulation of these labeled cells in the lungs and other parts of the body after exercise due to the fact that they go there to find infections.
Researchers are using genetic engineering and growth factors to reprogram the skin cells of patients with schizophrenia, autism, and other neurological disorders and grow them into
brain cells in the laboratory.
Dr. Bauman and her colleagues treated human head and neck cancer
cells in the laboratory with varying doses of sulforaphane and a control, and compared them to normal, healthy cells that line the throat and mouth.
The breakthrough was possible because the research team used conditional reprogramming (CR), a laboratory technique, developed and described by Liu, Richard Schlegel, MD, PhD, director of the CCR, and their colleagues at Georgetown in 2011, that makes it possible to continuously
grow cells in a laboratory indefinitely.
Memphis Meats has been leading the way in «cultured» or «clean meat» — meat grown
from cells in a laboratory rather than cut from an animal — for the past few years.
Cancer studies show that gamma linolenic acid (GLA) can kill 40 different kinds of cancer
cells in the laboratory tissue tests without harming healthy tissue.
One of these, UJ3, is as effective as the industry - standard drug Cisplatin in killing cancer
cells in laboratory tests done on human esophageal cancer, breast cancer and melanoma.
There were Cavs jerseys and Indians jerseys and more jerseys and hats and jackets and jerseys, all mixing together like different dyed
cells in a laboratory experiment.
After that, the study subjects were quarantined for six days and given cold - virus - containing nose drops at a dose about 125 times the amount that it takes to
infect cells in a laboratory.
Extracts from this garlic even
protected cells in a laboratory dish from certain types of damage.13 This isn't really surprising when you consider the nutritional changes that typically occur in plants when they sprout.
When RCGD 423 was applied to joint
cartilage cells in the laboratory, the cells proliferated more and died less, and when injected into the knees of rats with damaged cartilage, the animals could more effectively heal their injuries.
These hormones fired up the energy - burning rate of human white
fat cells in the laboratory, and the treated fat cells began to emit heat — a hallmark of brown fat function.»
Dr. Schwartz and others subsequently demonstrated that inhibition of MEK, a key enzyme in the MAPK pathway, can inhibit the growth of uveal
melanoma cells in the laboratory.
Blocking the enzyme inhibited the growth, proliferation and migration of
GBM cells in laboratory studies, and it increased the number of GBM cells that died by apoptosis.
Now we can use this knowledge to more efficiently turn human stem cells into
beta cells in the laboratory with the hope to use them to replace lost beta cells in patients suffering from diabetes», says Henrik Semb.
An experimental drug that targets abnormally high levels of a protein linked to cancer growth appears to significantly reduce the proliferation of prostate cancer
cells in laboratory cell cultures and animals, while also making these cells considerably more vulnerable to radiation, according to results of a study led by Johns Hopkins scientists.
Today, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) and The Lustgarten Foundation jointly announce the development of a new model system to grow both normal and cancerous
pancreatic cells in the laboratory.
The researchers then tested the capacity of the modified cells to kill human multiple
myeloma cells in laboratory studies and an animal model.
TOKYO — A Japanese group has generated functional human livers by creating liver
precursor cells in the laboratory and then transplanting them into mice to complete the developmental process.
Using the natural human development process as a guide, the researchers developed ways to mature
muscle cells in the laboratory to create muscle fibers that restore dystrophin, the protein that is missing in the muscles of boys with Duchenne.
Whilst the gene needs to be studied in greater depth to understand its potential for use in the clinic, we show that targeting KAT2A destroyed
AML cells in the laboratory while sparing healthy blood cells.»
Right now, in our laboratories, our scientists are looking for ways to create insulin -
producing cells in the laboratory, engineer blood vessels for heart bypass surgery and apply our regenerative medicine technologies to battlefield injuries through co-leading a $ 85 million federal grant, as well as many other novel research initiatives.
For the other adult patients that might still benefit from a cord blood donor, either two cord blood units are combined for a single transplant, or more recently, there are some exciting new graft engineering technologies that are emerging to expand stem or
progenitor cells in the laboratory before infusion or modify the cells in some way to make them more potent at the time of transplant.
The team will then load the exosomes with the toxin and test their ability to kill
GnRH cells in a laboratory setting and in mice.
Such resistance may help explain why drugs that eradicate tumor
cells in laboratory dishes often fail to eliminate malignancies in the body
The virus, redesigned using sophisticated protein engineering techniques, works: With its shield and its adapter, these viral gene shuttles efficiently infected
tumor cells in laboratory animals.