Sentences with phrase «certain cancer cell types»

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It offers cardio protection, it helps lower bad cholesterol, it may help prevent the progression of multiple sclerosis, it has the ability to regenerate brain cells after a stroke, it has the ability to cross the blood - brain barrier to potentially ward off Alzheimer's disease, apparently it's good at wiping amyloid plaque from the brain (which studies haves linked to Alzheimer's), it may help to prevent certain types of cancer, and studies have shown that it inhibits cancer cell growth and metastases (meaning it keeps cancer from spreading).

Hematopoietic stem cells, that form mature blood cells, require a very precise amount of protein to function — and defective regulation of protein production is common in certain types of aggressive human blood cancers.

Frequent, low - dose chemotherapy regimens avoid this effect and may therefore be more effective at treating certain types of breast and pancreatic cancer, according to the murine study «Metronomic chemotherapy prevents therapy - induced stromal activation and induction of tumor - initiating cells,» which will be published online November 23 in The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

«For this reason, we decided to combine vitamin C with a PARP inhibitor, a drug type known to cause cancer cell death by blocking the repair of DNA damage, and already approved for treating certain patients with ovarian cancer.»

«There are several diseases, like certain types of cancer and asthma, where stiffness of the cell is known to be linked to the phenotype of the disease,» says Ming Guo, the Brit and Alex d'Arbeloff Career Development Assistant Professor in MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Neil Johnson's lab at the Fox Chase Cancer Center examined treatment resistance in breast cancer cells expressing the same BRCA1185delAG mutation and determined that the RING - deficient BRCA1 protein was also responsible for loss of sensitivity to certain types of cancer treatCancer Center examined treatment resistance in breast cancer cells expressing the same BRCA1185delAG mutation and determined that the RING - deficient BRCA1 protein was also responsible for loss of sensitivity to certain types of cancer treatcancer cells expressing the same BRCA1185delAG mutation and determined that the RING - deficient BRCA1 protein was also responsible for loss of sensitivity to certain types of cancer treatcancer treatments.

He and colleagues from the University of Oregon, Reed College and Osaka University in Japan decided to look at actinomycin D, an antibiotic currently used to treat certain types of cancers by preventing cancer cells from transcribing, or copying, essential cancer information to new cells.

Many of these «dependencies,» the researchers report in the journal Cell, are specific to certain cancer types.

A class of therapeutic drugs known as protein kinase inhibitors has in the past decade become a powerful weapon in the fight against various life - threatening diseases, including certain types of leukemia, lung cancer, kidney cancer and squamous cell cancer of the head and neck.

Ferroptosis is a novel, yet only partly understood, type of regulated necrotic cell death that may underlie some forms of degenerative diseases including neurodegeneration but that could also be harnessed to treat certain cancers.

«This will also give greater insight into diseases like cancer, in which certain types of cells proliferate.

«We showed that there are markers on these stomach tumour cells that indicate they would be responsive to a type of immunotherapy called immune checkpoint inhibitors, in particular anti-PDL1 immunotherapy, which is already used with great success in the treatment of melanoma and certain other cancers.

The research, which appears in the EMBO Journal, indicates that when tissue responds to certain types of injury, mature cells seem to get younger and begin dividing rapidly, creating scenarios that can lead to cancer.

For some types of cancer, the existence of certain subtypes had not been known until researchers began to profile the genomes of tumor cells.

This part will enroll subjects with certain types of endometrial cancer, melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer, and renal (kidney) cancer.

Weaver also said that the predictions made by jamming models resemble what biologists call extrusion, a process by which dead epithelial cells are squeezed out of crowded tissue — the disfunction of which has recently been implicated in certain types of cancer.

There are many types, and certain cancer treatments (including chemotherapy) reduce the number of these cells.

CD8 (+) CD28 -LRB--) T cells also accumulate in patients with certain types of cancer.

Interferons, commonly referred to as IFN, are a type of cytokine that boosts the ability of certain immune cells to attack invaders like viruses or cancer cells.

Of note, certain types of cancer cell, including pancreatic and lung cancer cells, are heavily reliant on growth benefits brought by autophagy activation, therefore becoming «addicted» to autophagy.

In lab tests, these flavonoids seem to have a protective effect against certain types of cancer and cause cancer cell death in lab studies.

Some studies also suggest that vitamin C may also help prevent certain types of cancer — the benefit comes from the fact that vitamin C acts as an antioxidant and prevents free radical damage to the cells.

Possible reduction in certain types of cancer: «It appears to work primarily by blocking the growth and metastatic spread of tumors, controlling the cell cycle, and by reducing inflammation.»

Researchers in India recently conducted cell studies showing that one benefit of Ashwagandha is that its extract disrupts cancer cells» ability to reproduce in certain types of cancers [1 - 7], and laboratory analysis indicates that Withania somnifera extract possesses some level of anti-tumor activity and may mitigate many of the negative effects of chemotherapy [1 - 7].

Studies have also shown that goji berries can induce apoptosis in certain types of skin cancer cells.

Compounds called polyphenols may protect your body from the type of cell and tissue damage that's linked to heart disease and certain cancers.

Studies in animals, and human cells in laboratory culture, indicate that CLA may protect against certain types of cancer (6, 7, 8).

Blueberries contain Gallic Acid, an antioxidant that has been studied as a natural treatment for certain types of cancers (it purportedly kills cancer cells and avoids healthy cells).

Concern about alkylphenols first surfaced decades ago when a group at Tufts observed an excessive proliferation of human breast cancer cells in certain types of plastic containers, something that would normally only be seen if the cells were exposed to some type of estrogen.

Along with supporting the immune system, brittle bones, bone pain, healthy cell division, and other age related issues, Life Extension Liquid Vitamin D3 may also provide support for low birth weight, daytime sleepiness, and certain types of cancer.

This study found that turmeric extract reduced the growth of certain types of cancer cells in a lab setting.

Some types of HPV may cause cell changes that sometimes lead to cervical cancer and certain other genital and throat cancers.