Sentences with phrase «cells of an affected animal»

Pyruvate kinase (PK) deficiency in Basenji dogs is an inherited lack of an enzyme (pyruvate kinase) in the red blood cells of an affected animal.

Pyruvate kinase (PK) deficiency is an inherited lack of an enzyme (pyruvate kinase) in the red blood cells of an affected animal.

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«In animal studies, exercise has been shown to specifically affect the hippocampus, significantly increasing the growth of new neurons and cell survival, enhancing memory and learning, and increasing molecules that are involved in the plasticity of the brain,» Chaddock said.

Those cells affect skin color, ear cartilage, facial bone formation, and the adrenal glands, which produce stress hormones and testosterone — all of which differ in domesticated and undomesticated animals.

In a new study, researchers at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science examined how the interaction of two genomes in animal cells — the mitochondrial and nuclear genomes — interact to affect adaptation of the Atlantic killifish to different temperatures.

The scientists suspected that the lost enzyme might affect the animals» mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs)-- stem cells found in the bone marrow that are capable of developing into both the bone cells and fat cells that make up our skeletons.

Despite a dearth of human studies, more than 400 experiments have been done since the early 1970s to determine how cell phone radiation affects animals, cells and DNA.

Existing gels for cell culture are often animal derived, which can affect the reproducibility of results or, if synthetic, require coatings or coupling of cell - adhesive ligands.

But the molecules also affect the cells of the animal ingesting the food, by damaging the DNA, proteins, and other critical parts of the cells in their body.

To better understand how HMGA1 affected the rodents» intestines, Resar and Lingling Xian, M.D., Ph.D., research associate at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and their colleagues examined the transgenic animals» intestinal cells to determine which ones were expressing this gene.

Evans - Freke also says that animal studies show that normal functioning of PDGF RTK in healthy cells is not affected by the drug.

«This landmark study draws the conclusion in pre-clinical animal studies that stem cell therapy for disc degenerative disease might be a potentially effective treatment for the very common condition that affects people's quality of life and productivity,» said the senior author, Wenchun Qu, MD, PhD, of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn..

Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital have, for the first time, visualized the origins of cancer from the first affected cell and watched its spread in a live animal.

Molecular analysis showed that heart cells in affected animals were poorly developed and had mitochondrial defects, indicating that Sap130 - Pcdha9 gene interactions play a crucial role not only in heart development but also in regulating metabolic function of the cardiac muscle.

To investigate just how this change affects an animal's sense of novelty, Burwell and her colleagues infected brain cells in rats» perirhinal cortex with a virus containing a light - activated channel.

To find out how rank affected health, the activity of 9000 genes in the animals» immune cells was measured (Science, doi.org/btr5).

Our platform is designed to emulate human biology more accurately than current cell culture or animal models, and we are currently working with a diverse group of partners to test the way drugs, foods, and chemicals affect human health.

Basic research presentations at 2016 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions: cell therapy for heart attack (mesenchymal stem cells) in animal models and role of CD73, gradual release drug for atrial fibrillation, how particles from stored blood affects blood vessels.

Studies in animal models or in vitro led to the identification of a variety of alterations in ALS motor neurons (MN)(1, 3, 4); however, other cells in the spinal cord besides MN are affected (5 ⇓ ⇓ — 8).

Cat - induced allergies affect about 20 percent of the U.S. population, according to studies, and is caused by a protein found in the animals» saliva and dander (dead skin cells.)

It was established later (Johnson et al, 1980) that the form of the disease found in Bedlingtons terriers was apparently caused by the presence of an autosomal recessive gene in affected dogs - it is a genetic disorder and in order for the condition to develop in a dog / bitch a copy of this defective gene must have been passed to the affected animal by both parents, i.e. the affected dog must have two «copies» of the defective gene in its body cells.

Hypovitaminosis A in cats may exhaust vitamin A reserves of the kidneys and liver; affect reproduction to cause stillbirths, congenital anomalies (hydrocephaly, blindness, hairlessness, deafness, ataxia, cerebellar dysplasia, intestinal hernia), and resorption of fetuses; and cause the same changes in epithelial cells noted in other animals.

Although more research is needed, stem cell - based therapies hold promise for a wide range of diseases affecting all animal species.