Sentences with phrase «cell properties in»

Because miR - 142 is upregulated in the BCSCs and stimulates the canonical WNT signaling pathway that is an important regulator of the stem cell properties in mammary tissues, we tested the ability of miR - 142 to regulate the organoid formation of BCSCs.

Currently, her research interest is focused on the functional characterization of cell - autonomous molecular determinants, known to control cardinal stem cell properties in normal NSCs, in the attempt of understanding their putative role in regulating the same properties in brain tumor - derived cancer stem cells.

Sphere - forming cell subpopulations with cancer stem cell properties in human hepatoma cell lines.

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Going in with Jurvetson was a lineup of household - name investors that includes Bill Gates, Richard Branson, and Jack Welch; their money will be used to build up Memphis Meats» already formidable trove of intellectual property and to fine - tune the process of combining cells to produce the tastiest steaks and patties, and drive down the cost.

And, perhaps most strikingly, a team at a gaggle of New York research institutions published a paper showing how they'd used hPSCs to cook up — in just days, rather than several months — cortical neurons (critical central nervous system cells) that had normal electrophysiological signaling properties.

Hypothesis Traces First Protocells Back to Emergence of Cell Membrane Bioenergetics Dec. 20, 2012 — A coherent pathway - which starts from no more than rocks, water and carbon dioxide and leads to the emergence of the strange bio-energetic properties of living cells - has been traced for the first time in a major hypothesis paper in Cell this week.

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The cell produced by ANT - OAR would have all of the positive properties of a pluripotent stem cell» as well as all of the restrictions in developmental potency such cells normally exhibit.

Origin of Life: Hypothesis Traces First Protocells Back to Emergence of Cell Membrane Bioenergetics Dec. 20, 2012 — A coherent pathway — which starts from no more than rocks, water and carbon dioxide and leads to the emergence of the strange bio-energetic properties of living cells — has been traced for the first time in a major hypothesis paper in Cell this week.

ORIGIN OF LIFE: Hypothesis Traces First Protocells Back to Emergence of Cell Membrane Bioenergetics Dec. 20, 2012 — A coherent pathway — which starts from no more than rocks, water and carbon dioxide and leads to the emergence of the strange bio-energetic properties of living cells — has been traced for the first time in a major hypothesis paper in Cell this week.

It is well known, for example, that a virus outside a cell lacks important properties it exhibits when in the cell.

It may be thought of as a supermolecule composed principally of C, H, O, N, P and S. Multicellular organisms, including man, are in turn not mere aggregations of cells, but so tightly organized that they may be considered super-super-molecules, ultimately with properties which are wholly those of the component atoms in the very complex combination.

The objects of his study range from a class of molecules that have the basic self - duplicating property of living things, through cells which suggest purely physical systems, through animals which give increasing evidence of having minds, to human beings in whom streams of consciousness seem to involve continual choices of action, at the opposite pole from control by impersonal laws of nature.

Dec. 20, 2012 — A coherent pathway — which starts from no more than rocks, water and carbon dioxide and leads to the emergence of the strange bio-energetic properties of living cells — has been traced for the first time in a major hypothesis paper in Cell this week.

It is relatively easy to describe the properties of atoms in the language of physics, of molecules in the language of chemistry, of cells in the language of biology.

Before we established in - house human taste cell (HTC) technologies, it was not possible to use human tongue - derived cells as a model, due to the lack of homogenous, proliferating cell lines with defined properties, which is a prerequisite to establish comprehensive research and screening programs.

While study results indicated that combining capsaicin with the chemicals «might promote cancer cell survival,» the report clearly stated that the control group of mice treated only with capsaicin ``... did not induce any skin tumors...» In addition, the study repeatedly cited other research studies in which the anti-cancer properties of capsaicin were solidly demonstrateIn addition, the study repeatedly cited other research studies in which the anti-cancer properties of capsaicin were solidly demonstratein which the anti-cancer properties of capsaicin were solidly demonstrated.

According the the Mayo Clinic, it helps in two different ways: 1) It has anti-inflammatory properties that inhibit the circulation of neutrophils — cells that participate in the body's inflammatory response.

It is thought to have significantly increased the number of people on «basic» regime, where they are kept alone in a cell for most of the day and denied any personal property.

In response to an announcement by Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chancellor Carmen Fariña on lifting the city's existing ban on cell phones and other electronic devices on school property, UFT President Michael Mulgrew issued a statement supporting the decision.

«Now that we have a more complete understanding of this stability, we can better tailor the nanoparticle morphologies and in turn properties, to applications from biolabeling of individual cells and targeted drug delivery to catalytic reactions, thereby creating more efficient and sustainable production processes.»

At the time, researchers didn't know much about the properties of the cells found in umbilical cord blood.

For example, current silicon - based solar cells convert realistically only about 25 percent of sunlight into electricity, so efficiency is an issue, says Calley Eads, a fifth - year doctoral student in the UA's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry who studies some of the properties of these new materials.

«We found that the syncytiotrophoblasts formed in our system recapitulated the barrier properties of the naturally occurring cells and they resisted infection by a model virus and three genetically different strains of Toxoplasma,» said co-investigator Jon P. Boyle, Ph.D., associate professor of biological sciences at Pitt.

ECM is the fibrous material between cells in tissues like skin, cartilage, or tendon that gives them their strength, stretchiness, squishiness, and other mechanical properties.

But they were unable to harvest them in large enough numbers to evaluate the cells» healing properties.

So far, researchers with the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle have described the intricate shapes and electrical properties of about 100 nerve cells, or neurons, taken from the brains of 36 patients as they underwent surgery for conditions such as brain tumors or epilepsy.

A key protein controls stem cell properties that could make them more useful in regenerative medicine, according to a study led by Mount Sinai researchers and published in the journal Cell Stem Ccell properties that could make them more useful in regenerative medicine, according to a study led by Mount Sinai researchers and published in the journal Cell Stem CCell Stem CellCell.

What we are trying to do is introduce to biology techniques normally used in chemistry or physics, using inherent chemical or structural properties of the human stem cells.

Using human fetal «mini-brains» grown in 3 - D cultures, scientists determined that a specific protein produced by the Zika virus changes the properties of neural stem cells in the developing brain of an infected fetus, potentially causing microcephaly in newborns (Ki - Jun Yoon, abstract 103.06, see attached summary).

John Glass, a senior microbiologist in the synthetic biology group at the J. Craig Venter Institute in Rockville, Maryland, puts it this way: If you can imagine a set of genes that will program a cell to do something — anything — then you can make them «at a reasonable cost and test your hypothesis... so it will be possible to attempt to design organisms that have extraordinary properties to solve human needs.»

«With this discovery in our hands, we'd now like to try to find out which additional immune - cell properties cancer cells have and study how they affect the metastatic process,» says Dr Fuxe.

The two proteins have different biochemical properties and recognize different DNA sequences, so these properties create more options for gene - editing,» said Dr. Olson, who holds the Pogue Distinguished Chair in Research on Cardiac Birth Defects, the Robert A. Welch Distinguished Chair in Science, and the Annie and Willie Nelson Professorship in Stem Cell Research.

When they administered minocycline — a tetracycline antibiotic with anti-inflammatory properties commonly used to treat bacterial infections, acne and arthritis — many of the abnormalities in the astroglial cells were corrected and there were more healthy interactions between the astroglia and neurons compared to the control cells without the defect.

Beales and co-senior study author João Ruggiero Neto of São Paulo State University in Brazil suspected that the reason might have something to do with the unique properties of cancer cell membranes.

Microtubules, hollow fibers of tubulin protein only a few nanometers in diameter, form the cytoskeletons of living cells and play a crucial role in cell division (mitosis) through their ability to undergo rapid growth and shrinkage, a property called «dynamic instability.»

Designer Linda Loudermilk — a pioneer in environmental fashion whose collection is available at a wide range of boutiques — says she uses eco-friendly fabrics exclusively and adds to the list such exotic sustainable fibers as sea cell (a seaweed - based fiber), soy fiber * (extracted from the residue of soybeans used in the manufacture of tofu), and sasawashi (a linenlike blend of Japanese paper and kumazasa herb with antibacterial properties that «can heal a cut on your leg» — or so Loudermilk claims).

An interdisciplinary scientist is needed to demonstrate how the mechanical properties of the culture system alter signaling in the cells.

Now, a new study adds another twist to the story: It argues that two commonly prescribed diabetes drugs with antioxidant properties also spur metastasis, at least in cancer cells and mice.

Prof. Reiner says, «We discovered a significant difference in the physical properties of cells in the two organoids, but we observed difference in their biological properties as well.

And in related experiments, he made tadpoles grow eyes on their stomachs by changing the electrical properties of cells to mimic those associated with eye formation.

In conjunction with the laboratory of Matthew J. Evans, PhD, from the Department of Microbiology at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, investigators demonstrated the functionality of the liver cells generated from the progenitors, as the liver cells can be infected by the hepatitis C virus, a property restricted to liver cells exclusively.

A comparison of epidermal equivalents generated from iPSC, hESC and primary human keratinocytes (skin cells) from skin biopsies showed no significant difference in their structural or functional properties compared with the outermost layer of normal human skin.

The cells showed biological and physical properties seen in retinal ganglion cells produced naturally, says Zack.

The properties of water are altered by near - infrared light, which could drive the energy - producing mitochondria in our cells to work harder and heal us faster

What's more, the researchers discovered two years ago that the suppression of Esrp activity helps to enable a process called the epithelial - mesenchymal transition (EMT), in which epithelial cells acquire properties allowing them to detach and develop into new tissue.

The new technique could also be useful in understanding how stem cells change oxidation properties during differentiation into other cell types.

In a boon to stem cell research and regenerative medicine, scientists at Boston Children's Hospital, the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Boston University have created a computer algorithm called CellNet as a «roadmap» for cell and tissue engineering, to ensure that cells engineered in the lab have the same favorable properties as cells in our own bodieIn a boon to stem cell research and regenerative medicine, scientists at Boston Children's Hospital, the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Boston University have created a computer algorithm called CellNet as a «roadmap» for cell and tissue engineering, to ensure that cells engineered in the lab have the same favorable properties as cells in our own bodiein the lab have the same favorable properties as cells in our own bodiein our own bodies.

They also plan to evolve the chemistry behind the materials so that it may be possible for gels to better mimic more complex cellular environments beyond the control of stiffness alone, as well as investigate how dynamic changes in matrix properties — a hallmark of the stem cell niche — can be mimicked in the laboratory.

Xinde Zheng, a research associate in the Hunter lab, was already studying the properties of cells affected by Leigh syndrome, whose inherited neurodegeneration is caused by a mutation in mitochondrial DNA that reduces ATP production.