Sentences with phrase «cells produce large»

Weissman's research in mice had revealed that cancer cells produce large quantities of CD47, a protein that signals immune cells to spare the cancer cells.

Plants with double the DNA in their cells produce larger flowers, larger leaves, thicker stems, but they also take longer to flower.

«Tumor cells produce larger quantities of H2O2 and use oxidative signals at higher levels than normal cells in order to drive their own growth,» says Mirko Sobotta, first author of the publication.

These cells produced large quantities of two proteins vital for growing fetuses: pleiotrophin and osteoglycin.

Not exact matches

The research and development company is one of the largest cell phone camera module manufacturers in the world, but it also produces lenses for numerous other applications, including microscopes, drones, TVs, automobiles and more.

Also there is evidence of molecular mechanisms in the cell membranes that can amplify small changes in the field to produce large changes in neural activity.13 On the other hand, earlier tests of Kohler's theory found that interference with electrical gradients over the cortex had no effect on behavioral measures (see note 11 for reference to these studies).

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Cargill, one of the largest global agricultural companies, has joined Bill Gates and other business giants to invest in a nascent technology to make meat from self - producing animal cells amid rising consumer demand for protein that's less reliant on feed, land and water.

In the protected environment of a greenhouse, cold frame, or indoors under lights, seedlings tend to grow rapidly and produce large cells with thin walls.

It may also ultimately inform the methods that will be used for producing large quantities of cells for therapeutic use and other applications such as the high - throughput screening of chemicals for brain toxicity or therapeutics.

Studies had shown that myofibers, the cells making up these muscles, were larger and greater in number — producing a more powerful bite.

«Before this study, it was not known if it is possible to produce sufficient numbers of these cells and successfully use them to remuscularize damaged hearts in a large animal whose heart size and physiology is similar to that of the human heart,» said Dr. Charles Murry, UW professor of pathology and bioengineering, who led the research team that conducted the experiment.

Lambs produced from the genetically manipulated cells produce foreign proteins; such animals may be able to manufacture large quantities of medically valuable human proteins in their milk.

Fat cells cultured from the body mass index of a morbidly obese patient cause multiple myeloma cells to anchor to a much greater extent than normal cells and produce a significantly larger number of blood vessels to sustain the cancer cells.

To do so they focused on keratinocytes, a specific type of skin cells with a key role in psoriasis because of their abnormal growth and ability to produce large amounts of inflammation promoting factors.

Now, six years after insulin - producing cells were first transplanted into people with diabetes, results from the largest trial yet of the «Edmonton protocol» are in.

By studying infected cells grown in a laboratory, the team found that a large number of CMV's genes help it hide from the immune system by allowing it to destroy many of the proteins produced by the body during virus infection and preventing them from activating immune cells to destroy the virus.

1982: In the early 80s, scientists realize that retroviruses have tremendous potential to deliver genes stably into large numbers of cells, and start producing lab - safe versions.

In multiple myeloma, normal plasma cells transform into malignant myeloma cells and produce large quantities of toxic abnormal immunoglobulin called monoclonal protein that can damage multiple organs.

Mackay - Sim's team has solved those problems by developing a method of removing the cells under a local anaesthetic and growing them in culture to produce larger numbers.

Tissue engineers have been unable to grow epidermis with the functional barrier needed for drug testing, and have been further limited in producing an in vitro (lab) model for large - scale drug screening by the number of cells that can be grown from a single skin biopsy sample.

The treatment not only led the spinal cord cells to produce and secrete ChABC in large quantities over areas spanning the injury epicenter, it helped to maintain the overall health of the damaged spinal cord and restored hind limb function in the animals within 12 weeks.

In mitochondria, energy is produced by a large number of proteins, which are manufactured according to a blueprint, the cell's DNA.

If cells were infected with an influenza A mutant lacking NS1, they proceeded to produce large number of the molecular complexes required for RNAi, which include a protein called Argonaute that slices through the target gene.

The electric eel generates large electric currents by way of a highly specialized nervous system that has the capacity to synchronize the activity of disc - shaped, electricity - producing cells packed into a specialized electric organ.

Some scientists found that the fields make cells divide more rapidly or produce abnormally large quantities of messenger RNAs — molecules which are the intermediate step between genes and proteins.

«This should reduce overall costs for the energy industry because, rather than creating large, expensive solar cells, you can use much smaller cells that produce just as much electricity by absorbing intensified solar energy from concentrating lenses.

Cells in which the UPR has been activated can produce larger quantities of proteins, but they also become more sensitive — a bit like a finely - tuned racing car.

They found that gamma delta T cells produce far more infection - killing chemicals, including interferon, when exposed to large quantities of ethylamine, an alkylamine antigen.

However, they had to carefully time the shutdown so that the cell population would be large enough to produce a substantial amount of glucaric acid.

In the study, researchers used the blood of seven people who survived Ebola Bundibugyo virus infection during the 2007 outbreak in Uganda to isolate a large number of B cells that produce antibodies, which are the small protein molecules capable of inactivating the virus.

Connected at UNU - BIOLAC workshops in Montevideo, Uruguayan chemistry professor Francisco Carrau and scientist Massimo Delledonne of Italy recently collaborated on sequencing the Tannat grape, pressings of which, thanks partly to its many seeds, produces the largest concentration of tannins — an anti-oxidant that combats the ageing of cells.

The improved understanding of the role of oxygen vacancies might be the key to produce RRAM cells with reproducible properties on a larger scale.

But Venter plans to scale up this process by combining many 5000 - base pieces to make larger genomes; IBEA's ultimate goal is to produce a small bacterial cell from scratch.

During the 2008 relapse, the researchers found that immune cells in tissues with active colitis produced large quantities of an inflammatory signaling molecule named interluekin - 17 (IL - 17), but very little IL - 22, the latter of which has been linked to wound healing and mucus production.

Geologic storage of hydrogen gas could make it possible to produce and distribute large quantities of hydrogen fuel for the growing fuel cell electric vehicle market, the researchers concluded.

Neurobiologist Arturo Alvarez - Buylla of The Rockefeller University in New York City got interested in the adult mammalian brain's capacity to produce new cells after he and others discovered in the 1980s that songbirds renew large parts of their brains every year.

Should the market demands for hydrogen fuel increase with the introduction of fuel cell electric vehicles, the U.S. will need to produce and store large amounts of cost - effective hydrogen from domestic energy sources, such as natural gas, solar and wind, said Daniel Dedrick, Sandia hydrogen program manager.

Recently, the Lerner laboratory developed an advanced technique in which hundreds of millions of distinct antibodies are produced artificially within very large cultures of mammalian cells.

These properties make the cells ideal for things like windows or roofs, although they are probably less suitable for large - scale commercial applications, such as solar farms, because they need more area to produce the same amount of electricity as more typical silicon - based solar cells.

Females produce larger sex cells, carry the offspring during pregnancy, and provide nourishment after birth.

But the butyrate produced by the starch - fermenting bacteria could also directly suppress the proliferation of any potential cancer - causing cells in the lining of the large gut.

Overeager T - cells apparently stimulate scavenger cells to produce large amounts of nitric oxide (NO).

To address these limitations, Zimmer and senior study author Lorenz Studer of the Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research developed a simple, efficient, and robust stem cell - based strategy for reliably producing a large number of diverse, functional pituitary cell types suitable for therapeutic use.

Most significantly, the activated T cells — the soldiers that fight germs — not only produce large amounts of cytokines (chemical messengers that help to coordinate a counterattack) but also enter the cell cycle, a process that normally leads to cell division and proliferation.

Binding to the family of NOD - like receptors triggers the assembly of large protein signaling complexes called inflammasomes, leading infected cells to die and produce inflammatory mediators.

The researchers found that the mice responded to the parasite by shifting their immune system into high gear, producing large numbers of white blood cells.

However, even though the Lokiarchaea are relatively complex compared with other known archaea, they lack the large genome and energy - producing mitochondria of true eukaryotic cells.

This is both a useful tool for giving us a better understanding of the genetic and epigenetic program controlling the self - renewal of stem cells, and on a practical side, it could allow us to inexpensively produce large numbers of immune cells, which could then be used for regenerative medicine or immune therapy.»

A. avenae and other anhydrobiotic plants and animals — organisms that can live without water — produce large amounts (up to 20 % of a cell's mass) of certain sugar molecules that harden into a semisolid state.