Sentences with phrase «containing cells engineered»

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On to the blocks were poured a mixture of recombinant human bone morphogenic protein (BMP) powder — a genetically engineered protein that causes cells to ossify or become bone — and liquid bone marrow containing stem cells.

To trace individual neurons, Jeff Lichtman of Harvard uses engineered mice whose DNA includes jellyfish genes so that the cells contain fluorescent proteins.

The cells are held within a millimeter - scale table - top microbioreactor, containing a microfluidic chip, which was originally developed by Rajeev Ram, a professor of electrical engineering at MIT, and his team, and then commercialized by Kevin Lee — an MIT graduate and co-author — through a spin - off company.

The viruses had been engineered to be harmless while also smuggling a gene called Atoh1 into cells lining the scala media — the key chamber of the cochlea, containing the hair cells.

The biomedical engineers also showed that the exosomes contain miRNAs — tiny pieces of RNA that regulate cell behavior and are known to play a role in neuronal differentiation.

To create iPOLYMER in living cells, the researchers engineered cells to contain two kinds of protein strings composed of tandem FKBPs and FRBs, and then added rapamycin, which isn't usually found in living cells.

The engineered cells contain an antibody - like protein known as a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR), which is designed to bind to a protein called CD19 found on the surface of B cells, including the cancerous B cells that characterize several types of leukemia.

When pancreas cells containing clumps of misfolded IAPP, taken from an engineered diabetic mouse, were mixed in a dish of healthy human pancreas cells, it triggered the clumping of IAPP in the human cells.

To find out, he engineered cells in culture to contain either the heat - or cold - sensitive TRP receptors, which when triggered change the biochemistry of the cell in a measurable way.

By pairing engineered cell lines containing disease - specific mutations with high throughput screening, we can investigate the role of given mutations in the biology of disease as well as identify potential druggable targets.

The parent TZM - bl cell line is an engineered HeLa cell clone that expresses human CD4, CCR5 and CXCR4 and contains HIV - 1 Tat -

The parent TZM - bl cell line is an engineered HeLa cell clone that expresses human CD4, CCR5 and CXCR4 and contains HIV - 1 T

Although showing great promise in the laboratory, these technologies require control and safety measures that make sure the engineered microorganisms keep their functional gene circuits intact over many cell divisions, and that they are contained to the specific environments they are designed for.

The parent TZM - bl cell line is an engineered HeLa cell clone that expresses human CD4, CCR5 and CXCR4 and contains HIV - 1 Ta

* Contains practical, hands - on information for tissue engineers and students * Provides comprehensive protocols covering numerous topics, including polymer synthesis, cell culture, encapsulation, bioreactors, therapeutics, and the creation of tissues and organs * Includes contributions by leaders in the latest areas of research, such as stem cells and fetal tissue engineering

«Viruses for gene transfer to the lung could be engineered to contain JSRV envelope proteins, allowing them to specifically target lung cells.»

Semenza and colleagues measured mitochondria content and oxygen use in kidney cancer cells that contain no VHL protein and in the same cells with VHL «engineered» back in.

Each compact contains a flat, cushiony sponge containing tiny, precisely engineered cells of a BB - cream - like fluid.

So far, most solar fabric innovations have involved either printing solar cells onto regular fabrics or weaving solar technology into or onto the fabrics, which are very cool breakthroughs, but a new project by an international team of scientists and engineers has found a way to make fibers that work like self - contained solar cells, meaning a resulting fabric would itself be the solar technology.