Sentences with phrase «cells in the laboratory tissue»

Barnes's team went on to show last year that soya extracts could also inhibit the growth of prostate cancer cells in laboratory tissue cultures.

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.

Not exact matches

They would add a liter of the tissue to two liters of seawater and shake the mixture 75 times — no more, no less — to make «the individual light - producing cells pop out of the tissue,» according to Bill Ward, a bioluminescence researcher at Rutgers University in New Jersey who was a post - doc in Cormier's laboratory.

Beginning in the 1970s, physicians learned how to harvest skin stem cells from a patient with extensive burn wounds, grow them in the laboratory, then apply the lab - grown tissue to close and protect a patient's wounds.

In an amazing feat of tissue engineering, Anthony Atala and his research team at the Children's Hospital in Boston are creating new organs in the laboratory using patients» own cells and by employing the same technology used to clone Dolly the sheeIn an amazing feat of tissue engineering, Anthony Atala and his research team at the Children's Hospital in Boston are creating new organs in the laboratory using patients» own cells and by employing the same technology used to clone Dolly the sheein Boston are creating new organs in the laboratory using patients» own cells and by employing the same technology used to clone Dolly the sheein the laboratory using patients» own cells and by employing the same technology used to clone Dolly the sheep.

Dr. Zubair already grows such cells in his Mayo Clinic laboratory using a large tissue culture and several incubators — but only at a snail's pace.

Drugs that enhance a process called oxidative stress were found to kill rhabdomyosarcoma tumor cells growing in the laboratory and possibly bolstered the effectiveness of chemotherapy against this aggressive tumor of muscle and other soft tissue.

According to the researcher, further studies are warranted to confirm responses in primary cells and to reveal whether Rho - kinase inhibition stimuli can be used to manufacture a better cartilage - type of tissue in laboratory.

These transgenic stem cells also readily created intestinal tissues called «organoids» in laboratory dishes.

But this form of tissue regeneration does not occur in humans, so the researchers recreated similar conditions in the laboratory by growing human cells as 3D aggregates.

In their new study, they adapted DNA - PAINT technology to microscopes that are widespread among cell biology laboratories, called confocal microscopes, and that are used by researchers to image whole cells and thicker tissues at lower resolution.

The Ogretmen laboratory screened previously reported microarray data sets of several human tumor tissues (metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, melanoma, and renal cell carcinoma) and showed that, in these samples, only the levels of CerS4 were significantly decreased.

A recent generation of studies of postmortem brain tissue from people with schizophrenia, particularly from the laboratory of Professor David Lewis and his colleagues at the University of Pittsburgh, have shed light on schizophrenia - related abnormalities in the interplay of the main excitatory neurons, pyramidal neurons, and a specific class of inhibitory nerve cells, called chandelier cells, in the prefrontal cortex.

They have generated excitement over the past few decades because scientists can study them in the laboratory to discover the genetic switches that control the development of specialized tissues in the embryo and fetus, and also because of their potential to replace body tissues that have broken down, such as pancreatic cells in those with diabetes or heart muscle cells in those with congestive heart failure.

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.

After introducing stem cells in brain tissue in the laboratory and seeing promising results, Prof. Offen leveraged the study to mice with Alzheimer's disease - like symptoms.

Researchers believe it is the largest epigenetic study yet for any single cancer type and, importantly, the first to use a large cohort of primary patient tumor tissues instead of cell lines grown in the laboratory.

«Our stem cells also survive outside of mice, in a culture, so we can also manipulate them in a laboratory,» said Abad, adding that: «The next step is studying if these new stem cells are capable of efficiently generating different tissues such as that of the pancreas, liver or kidney.»

Writing in the latest issue of the journal Nature, researchers in the laboratories of Gladstone Senior Investigator Sheng Ding, PhD, and UCSF Associate Professor Holger Willenbring, MD, PhD, reveal a new cellular reprogramming method that transforms human skin cells into liver cells that are virtually indistinguishable from the cells that make up native liver tissue.

He says that it may soon be possible to take healthy liver cells from a patient whose liver is failing and use them to make tissue that would be stored in the laboratory.

Zhang's laboratory now seeks to understand the mechanisms of the tissue - environment influence, opening the possibility that the environment could be altered in a way that fights cancer by preventing tumor cell growth.

The availability of centralized facilities will allow rapid access of investigators in NOAC, as well as investigators new to alcohol research, to the tissues and cells needed to test novel and innovative hypotheses without the delay of each PI developing these techniques in each of their own laboratories.

«The region selective - state of these stem cells is entirely novel for laboratory - cultured stem cells and offers important insight into how human stem cells might be differentiated into derivatives that give rise to a wide range of tissues and organs,» says Jun Wu, a postdoctoral researcher in Izpisua Belmonte's lab and first author of the new paper.

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.

His laboratory investigates how cell type specific differences in protein synthesis and homeostasis promote tissue regeneration and suppress the development of cancer.

In the paper, published May 6, 2015 in Nature, the scientists report using these new stem cells to develop the first reliable method for integrating human stem cells into nonviable mouse embryos in a laboratory dish in such a way that the human cells began to differentiate into early - stage tissueIn the paper, published May 6, 2015 in Nature, the scientists report using these new stem cells to develop the first reliable method for integrating human stem cells into nonviable mouse embryos in a laboratory dish in such a way that the human cells began to differentiate into early - stage tissuein Nature, the scientists report using these new stem cells to develop the first reliable method for integrating human stem cells into nonviable mouse embryos in a laboratory dish in such a way that the human cells began to differentiate into early - stage tissuein a laboratory dish in such a way that the human cells began to differentiate into early - stage tissuein such a way that the human cells began to differentiate into early - stage tissues.

Dr. Thrall's laboratory currently focuses on understanding the mechanisms in which engineered nanonomaterials interact with cells and tissues.

Inclusion Criteria: • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1 • Have histologically or cytologically confirmed advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)(Stage IIIb or greater) • Measurable disease, as defined by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1 • Known PD - L1 tumor status as determined by an immunohistochemistry (IHC) assay performed by the central laboratory on tissue obtained at Screening • A woman of childbearing potential must have a negative highly sensitive serum (beta - human chorionic gonadotropin [beta - hCG]-RRB- at Screening within 14 days prior to study drug administration Inclusion Criteria for Crossover: • Participants must have been randomized to Arm A of the study and had radiographic disease progression according to RECIST 1.1 • Participants must have a mandatory biopsy at the time of disease progression according to RECIST 1.1 prior to crossing over.

Reprogramming adult cells to function like embryonic stem cells is one way researchers hope to create patient - specific cell lines to regenerate tissue or to study specific diseases in the laboratory.

In close collaboration with Dr. Yamanaka Dr. Conklin's laboratory was able to establish new iPS cell disease models, gain new insights into iPS cell biology, and develop new tissue engineering methods.

An MDI Biological Laboratory assistant professor says he has identified processes that underlie how heart tissue regenerates, which in turn holds out hope of finding new drugs that can help the body grow muscle cells and get rid of scar tissue.

Researchers in the laboratory of Mikhail Shapiro, assistant professor of chemical engineering and Heritage Medical Research Institute Investigator, have invented a new method to link magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) signals to gene expression in cells — including tumor cells — in living tissues.

In a study using human muscle tissue, scientists in Children's Stem Cell Research Center - led by Johnny Huard, PhD, and Bruno Péault, PhD - isolated and characterized stem cells taken from blood vessels (known as myoendothelial cells) that are easily isolated using cell - sorting techniques, proliferate rapidly and can be differentiated in the laboratory into muscle, bone and cartilage cellIn a study using human muscle tissue, scientists in Children's Stem Cell Research Center - led by Johnny Huard, PhD, and Bruno Péault, PhD - isolated and characterized stem cells taken from blood vessels (known as myoendothelial cells) that are easily isolated using cell - sorting techniques, proliferate rapidly and can be differentiated in the laboratory into muscle, bone and cartilage cellin Children's Stem Cell Research Center - led by Johnny Huard, PhD, and Bruno Péault, PhD - isolated and characterized stem cells taken from blood vessels (known as myoendothelial cells) that are easily isolated using cell - sorting techniques, proliferate rapidly and can be differentiated in the laboratory into muscle, bone and cartilage ceCell Research Center - led by Johnny Huard, PhD, and Bruno Péault, PhD - isolated and characterized stem cells taken from blood vessels (known as myoendothelial cells) that are easily isolated using cell - sorting techniques, proliferate rapidly and can be differentiated in the laboratory into muscle, bone and cartilage cecell - sorting techniques, proliferate rapidly and can be differentiated in the laboratory into muscle, bone and cartilage cellin the laboratory into muscle, bone and cartilage cells.

The laboratory has a strong interest in developmental stem cell biology with a focus on understanding the development of the liver and blood - forming tissues.

December 7, 2015 — Researchers grew human cells into functional vocal cord tissue in the laboratory — an important preliminary step toward restoring voice function to people with injured vocal cords.

«We take human stem cells and differentiate them into cardiomyocytes and build 3D tissues out of them,» said Tracy Hookway, a postdoctoral scholar in McDevitt's laboratory.

In the laboratory, they isolated and cultured mesothelial cells and fibroblasts, two of the predominant cell types found in omental tissuIn the laboratory, they isolated and cultured mesothelial cells and fibroblasts, two of the predominant cell types found in omental tissuin omental tissue.

Cell culture studies involve removing tissue (or even individual cells) from a plant or animal and growing them in a laboratory environment.

Two years ago, nonhuman primate studies conducted by Jason Brenchley's laboratory at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases identified a previous unidentified cell in the gut that can produce interleuken - 17 — a cytokine that is concentrated in mucosal tissues and produced in response to bacterial and fungal antigens.

In addition, probiotic - fortified laboratory chow increases the tissue levels of omega - 3 fatty acids [79], and the omega - 3 fatty acids play a critical role in communication in and between nerve cellIn addition, probiotic - fortified laboratory chow increases the tissue levels of omega - 3 fatty acids [79], and the omega - 3 fatty acids play a critical role in communication in and between nerve cellin communication in and between nerve cellin and between nerve cells.

In other laboratory studies, ellagic acid seems to reduce the effect of estrogen hormone in women in promoting growth of breast cancer cells in tissue cultureIn other laboratory studies, ellagic acid seems to reduce the effect of estrogen hormone in women in promoting growth of breast cancer cells in tissue culturein women in promoting growth of breast cancer cells in tissue culturein promoting growth of breast cancer cells in tissue culturein tissue cultures.

The harvested cells are sent to specialized laboratories that take the tissue, isolate the stem cells, and place them in culture media.

Markkanen continues, «For research on breast carcinoma, tumor tissue of dogs is therefore, among other reasons, much better suitable than tissue from rats or cells cultivated in the laboratory.

Onions have large cells visible under low magnification, so onion tissue is often used in high school science laboratories for learning about microscope use and cell structure, as shown in this lesson from Rice University (http://teachertech.rice.edu/Participants/dawsonm/cells/microlab4.htm) and this video of onion cells from YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tdch3mxQ4oU.

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

2008 — 2012 TYL LLC — Houston, TX Botanist • Arranged handbooks for plant identification • Studied the life and rate of plant chromosomes, cells, and tissues • Used PC for information and data storage, and for examination of data • Grew plants in prescribed conditions to review the significance of ecological and genetic variables • Studied the genetics of plants using biochemical and molecular methods in the laboratory and so decide the patterns of plant development