Sentences with phrase «cells in a laboratory before»

Without this primer, researchers had to first grow the bacterial cells in a laboratory before extracting their DNA and amplifying the gene.

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.

«Instead of gene therapy being done in the patient, as is the case in cancer, it's being done in the cells in a laboratory before doctors use them for therapy so that they still have control of these cells,» Dr. Crystal explains.

After irradiating the tumor, veterinarians collect a particular type of the dog's white blood cells, known as Natural Killer (NK) cells, then stimulate and grow the cells in a laboratory before injecting them back into the dog's tumor.

Not exact matches

Today, MD Anderson urges all its scientists to fingerprint new cell lines as soon as they arrive in the lab and before publishing any data, and to complete an annual revalidation of all lines in their laboratories.

While most research studies begin in test tubes, cells grown in the laboratory and animal models before moving to humans, the opposite is true here.

Although the gene / cell therapy strategy was highly successful in laboratory mice, the authors stressed that additional research and testing are needed before the therapy could be tested in humans.

After working on innate immune signaling at a Biotech startup company she studied mechanisms of signaling specificity as a postdoc in Dr. Alexander Hoffmann's laboratory at the University of California, San Diego before joining the Molecular Cell editorial team in 2013.

The findings have implications for the design of cancer vaccines and what are called adoptive T cell therapies; when T cells are collected from a patient and grown in the laboratory, increasing in number before they are given back to the patient to help the immune system fight disease.

Before this discovery, cells used in laboratories always carried a shelf life linked to telomere shortening.

Furthermore, because the TRG locus is rearranged before the TRB locus and these clonal rearrangements persist, even in alpha - beta T cells, laboratories testing for IGH, IGK and the TRG together are likely to detect at least one clonal biomarker target in the vast majority of hematologic malignancies.

For some years before coming here, I directed the Bioimaging and Biocomputing Core at the Temasek Lifesciences Laboratory in Singapore, where I had completed my postdoctoral work in mechanical cell biology.

But before we get into the controversy, let's find out how scientists get stem cells to replicate in a laboratory setting in order to study them.

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.

Before you write off the «poor performers» It's important to keep in mind that this is a laboratory study showing only what a vegetable extract did to when applied directly to cancer cells.

This lag in energy production tends to occur earlier than changes in blood cell production, so the muscle fatigue and changes in concentration are likely to be noticeable long before laboratory testing shows low blood cell production.

Lab Technician II — TRL Plasma Laboratories — January 2013 — Present • Monitor the heat sealing and aseptic sampling of plasma units; place units of plasma into freezer in timely manner in order to ensure quality of product • Label plasma samples and units properly and store according to policy; manage an average of 50 different plasma units on a regular basis • Evaluate refrigerator and freezer temperatures ad inform supervisor if equipment is malfunctioning • Maintain efficient and clean work environment and ensure inventory is stocked properly; answer phones and answer questions or transfer calls to appropriate departmentLab Technician I — ABC Medical Technologies, Inc. — May 2007 — January 2013 • Operated laboratory equipment, such as cell counters and microscopes, to analyze urine, blood, and tissue samples; recorded both normal and abnormal findings; had less than a.1 percent margin of error in sample findings • Used computerized instruments and automated equipment to perform multiple tests at one time; maintained calibration and proper function of equipment on a regular basis • Entered data from tests into physician reports; discussed abnormal results with supervisor and re-ran tests before logging data into patient's medical record