Sentences with phrase «cells characteristic of»

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Lenski and his student Zachary Blount note that «E. coli cells can not grow on citrate under oxic conditions, and that inability has long been viewed as a defining characteristic of this important, diverse, and widespread species.»

The wave of life in its substance and with its particular characteristics is of necessity communicated to the child in and through the fertilised cell, the issue of the parents.

A fascinating article by the polymath British theoretical physicist Professor Paul Davies considers the evolutionary characteristics of cancer cells.

RS: According to the hypothesis of formative causation, outlined in my book A New Science of Life, systems such as molecules, crystals, cells, organs and organisms are organized by specific morphogenetic fields, which give them their characteristic form and organization.

How could both of them have suddenly been able to halve the number of chromosomes in their reproductive cells in the manner needed to produce a healthy offspring with some characteristics of both parents?

This account of «life» as a characteristic of cells means that in the human organism there are billions of centers of life, not one.

We later learn that «Life lurks in the interstices of each living cell, and in the interstices of the brain» (PR 105f); and «life is a characteristic of «empty space» and not of space «occupied» by any corpuscular society» (PR 105).

With Moms cells and baby's cells living on in each other, it means that for better or worse, they carry all that they are forward into their lives and pass on the characteristics of each other to successive generations.

These cells of older siblings can also influence Mom's body and the characteristics of future siblings.

«But again, there are elements of these Boko Haram that are scattered all over the North East and if you know their characteristics, you will know they operate in small cells.

«We have confirmed what earlier studies indicated, and gained new knowledge about molecular characteristics of these neural stem cells,» says Milos Pekny, professor at the Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology.

«We compared F. hygrometrica data with those from land plants and seaweeds,» explains Itouga, «and found that the presence of polygalacturonic acid in the cell wall is one of the characteristics that separated this type of moss from other plants.»

What's new in the Czech study, explains pathologist Carol Meteyer of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wisc., is the confirmation of tissue damage characteristic of clinical white - nose sydrome: skin being digested by the pathogen as the fungi's fibrous segments enter a bat's wing and begin replacing its cells.

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.

These give us important clues as to which biological pathways are involved in controlling the production, function and characteristics of blood cells.»

«We found that these individual cells in themselves are not body detectors: they respond to specific, frequently found characteristics of bodies, such as the curve of an elbow or a part of a leg.

The data showed that when the cell phone was transmitting, the power of a characteristic brain - wave pattern called alpha waves in the person's brain was boosted significantly.

Molecular characterization of the cells that undergo cell fate transition upon oncogenic Pik3ca expression demonstrated a profound oncogene - induced reprogramming of these newly formed cells and identified gene expression signatures, characteristic of the different cell fate switches, which was predictive of the cancer cell of origin, tumour type and clinical outcomes in women with breast cancers.

«We think some of these genes could be «hijacked» by cancer cells and may contribute to the shared invasive characteristics of the placenta and cancer,» Sutherland says.

Nicotine from cigarettes is a highly addictive drug that can stimulate cell growth and block cell death — two hallmark characteristics of cancer.

Today in Cell and associated journals, 24 research studies from the landmark BLUEPRINT project and IHEC consortia reveal how variation in blood cells» characteristics and numbers can affect a person's risk of developing complex diseases such as heart disease, and autoimmune diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, celiac disease and type 1 diabetes.

Specifically, the Mount Sinai study was designed to test whether pharmacological compounds designed to block the function of XPO1 / CRM1 could stop disease progression in mouse models that exhibit some of the characteristics of MS. Researchers found that two chemical agents (called KPT - 276 and KPT - 350) prevented XPO1 / CRM1 from shuttling cargo out of the nucleus of nerve cells, which protected them from free radicals and structural damage.

They also showed that the cells have most of the surface «markers» considered as identifiers of embryonic stem cells and form «embryoid bodies» — characteristic clumps of cells formed by ESCs.

These cells, which have characteristics of stem cells, often survive treatment to drive or even restart cancer growth.

To acquire and maintain its characteristic features, each cell type must express a unique subset of genes.

Future research should not only compare how embryonic stem cells, iPS cells and adult stem cells differentiate, but focus on what effects the niche in which these cells will reside, when transplanted, will have on their characteristics, including tendencies to mutate into cancer cells, notes cell and stem cell biologist Olga Genbacev at the University of California, San Francisco, (U.C.S.F.) School of Medicine.

HPV is detected using a DNA analysis that looks for characteristic sequences from the 13 high risk strains of the virus in the cervical cell sample.

The scientists fused stem cells with body cells, creating hybrid cells that had all the characteristics of stem cells.

The presence of the dead, snarled nerve cells and sticky protein fragments characteristic of Alzheimer's in the main smell - processing structures of these deceased patients could suggest the disease gets its start in the olfactory system.

The scientists were able to see distinct inner cell structures and so - called cell fountains, the bundles of packed and splaying filaments that form the body of the fleshy forms and are characteristic of red algae.

«If we can identify the point at which tumor cells acquire the characteristics of stem cells, it will be possible to look for ways to interrupt the process and avoid progression of the disease.»

By carefully controlling the composition of the droplets and the strength of the magnetic field, the forces applied by the droplet can be controlled, and the response of the surrounding tissue reveals its mechanical characteristics as well as the cues that cells are exposed to as the tissue grows.

One central developmental change — in a temporary clump of cells called the neural crest — may be behind the suite of characteristics known as domestication syndrome.

One clear characteristic of MS is scarring of myelin, the protective substance surrounding the axons that extend from nerve cells.

Reprogramming MDS cells could provide a powerful tool to dissect the architecture and evolution of this disease and to link the genetic make - up of MDS cells to characteristics and traits of these cells.

«The chromosome [genome] that we put in took over the cell completely, and any characteristics of the original species were lost.»

The National Cancer Institute is now funding a study to determine what specific characteristics led to that trial's success, comparing two sets of modified immune cells in patients.

The cells in such a brain tumor can display very different characteristics, such as varying cell size or number of cell nuclei.

This program, resulting in shorter 3 ′ UTRs, is a characteristic of gene expression during immune cell activation and correlates with proliferation across diverse cell types and tissues.

Luster's team hopes to further investigate the characteristics of joints that underlie the critical role of C5a in initiating type III hypersensitivity and whether specific molecules expressed on endothelial cells lining joints play a role in transporting C5a and chemokines from the joint space into adjacent blood vessels.

These cells were complex in their make - up, but exhibited regeneration and characteristics of a fundamental class of brain cells, called glia.

Several of the proteins characteristic of cancer cells seem to show up in these nerve cells, and this is very abnormal.

Cell processes are also determined by the chemical labeling (or marks) and specific spatial organization of our genomes, which are epigenetic characteristics — that is, nongenetic but nonetheless inheritable traits.

Lead author Elizabeth Egan, research fellow in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at Harvard Chan and instructor in pediatrics at Boston Children's Hospital, and colleagues developed a new technique to tap into a relatively unexplored area — identifying characteristics of a host red blood cell that make it susceptible to the parasites.

Professor Gianni Liti, a senior author on the paper from the Institute for Research on Cancer and Ageing, Nice, said: «We were able to study the evolution in time by combining genome sequences of the cell populations and tracking the growth characteristics of the yeast cells.

First author Adam Skibinski, M.D. / Ph.D., student at Tufts University School of Medicine and the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at Tufts University, said «We've known for a long time that breast cells can lose their normal identity when they become cancerous, but we are now realizing that normal cells can change their characteristics as well in response to transcription factors like TAZ.

Several years ago, NCI scientists identified the two primary subtypes of DLBCL based on characteristic patterns of gene activity within the lymphoma cells.

Abnormal and uncontrolled production of this class of proteins, known as transcription factors, allow for cells to bypass growth control mechanisms and to develop characteristics necessary for invading surrounding tissues.

The development of tailored cell lines is also possible, in which case nutritional characteristics can be developed according to need.

And of these, two developed cells with ES cell characteristics.