Sentences with phrase «control how»

The federally funded study, published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology, showed how a stress receptor, known as corticotropin - releasing factor, or CRF1, can send signals to certain immune cells, called mast cells, and control how they defend the body.

RNA is the key functional component of spliceosomes, molecular machines that control how genes are expressed, report scientists from the University of Chicago online, Nov. 6 in Nature.

Kernbach's project opens new territory by testing the effects of light on physiological factors that control how diseases that can infect humans might hopscotch among animals, says Jenny Ouyang, of the University of Nevada, Reno.

Our study shows that modifications on top of the DNA that control how genes are read may be even more important.»

Muscles control how much the leg can turn on the screw threads, the researchers report online today in Science.

In humans and all multicellular organisms, three different types of RNA producing enzymes control how genes are transcribed.

Now, new research has shed light on how plants control how much pollen each bee extracts from them — taste, according to a study published today in the journal Biology Letters.

Previous research shows that obesity compromises the neurocircuits that control how the stomach and intestine work to regulate how much we eat, and that the time around pregnancy and lactation is important in the development of these circuits.

In prior, unrelated experiments, the same species of worm had become hypersensitive to smell when its nerve cells experienced problems with dopamine signaling, a cellular process that helps control how readily cells can communicate with one another.

• It makes hormones (chemicals made from glands), the most important of which is insulin, which control how the body uses and stores sugar (glucose), its main source of energy.

Researchers hope that further studies will show whether and how plants in the real world use taste to control how often pollinators visit them.

The team also found that they could control how much the material swelled as well its strength, finding that the ELP hydrogel could withstand more stretching than experienced by arterial tissue in the body.

Kumar's group, experts in tuning the structure and therefore the properties of polymer nanocomposites, found that, by mixing nanoparticles in a solution of polymers (polyethylene oxide) and changing the crystallization speed by varying the degree of sub-cooling (namely how far below the melting point the crystallization was conducted), they could control how the nanoparticles self - assembled into three different scale regimes: nano, micro, and macro-meter.

The prevailing view has been that hungry algae and bacteria in the bottom sediment control how fast nitrate can be removed.

Others attempt to probe the networks» behavior with additional nets or invent new programming languages to better control how these systems learn.

Kats and his colleagues hope that understanding the fine - scale structure of vanadium dioxide will help them control how it radiates light.

By changing the crystallization speed of a polymer initially well mixed with nanoparticles, the team was able to control how the nanoparticles self - assemble into structures at three very different length scale regimes.

In other words, people struggle to control how much they eat, when to stop and what type of food to eat — symptoms seen in obesity.

Though you can't control how your parents made you, you can control your clothes, hairstyle, make - up, and grooming.

The approach is part of a new physics - inspired subfield of chemistry that uses the tools of ultra-cold physics, such as lasers and electromagnetism, to observe and control how and when single - particle reactions occur.

The team's next step is to zoom in on the molecular mechanisms that control how the Wnt signaling pathway interacts with the nail stem cells to influence bone and nail growth.

This describes naturally - occurring modifications to genes that control how they are expressed.

By varying the arrangement of molecules in the supporting layers, the scientists were able to control how often the introduced molecules switched.

A multicenter team of researchers reports that a full genomic analysis of tumor samples from a small number of people who died of pancreatic cancer suggests that chemical changes to DNA that do not affect the DNA sequence itself yet control how it operates confer survival advantages on subsets of pancreatic cancer cells.

These epigenetic marks don't affect the underlying DNA, but they do control how Sfmbt2 and an associated microRNA (the intronic microRNA - 466b - 3p) are expressed.

As it happens, thin air may be fine for breathing, but it's a lousy medium for image projection; there's very little to bounce light off, let alone a way to control how it bounces to make sure it finds its way into your eye.

You can share it in a way that's secure and you can control how much they get.

In dogs, by contrast, the larynx is almost even with the mouth, severely limiting their ability to control how the bark sounds.

The findings are helping to aid scientists» understanding of how plants can control how their pollen is spread by foraging insects.

It seems to control how many times cells in the cerebral cortex can divide, which controls how much space there is for neurons.

Instead, the changes happen to certain chemical markers on the DNA that control how much any particular gene is expressed.

Through conscious decisions that exert themselves in the «top» regions in the front of the brain, he explains, we can control how much we pay attention to the sights flooding into the «bottom» region, the visual association cortex, which stores this sensory information.

But Srivastava, who in the wake ofWired's story met with Ontario Lottery executives, says lotteries avoid these because they want to control how many people win to ensure a profit.

Altering the surface traits of the material could help researchers control how quickly or slowly the gels move through the digestive tract.

Changes in mass, rather than height, control how the ice shelves and associated glaciers flow into the ocean,» Paolo said.

Conditions that cause the brain's receptors to stop functioning properly are often mistaken for schizophrenia or bipolar disorder because these diseases are associated with a decrease in activity of the NMDA receptors, which control how someone thinks, makes decisions, and perceives the world around them.

Q1s create the pore that the potassium flows through and the E1s control how slowly that pore opens and closes, how many channels are on the cell surface of each cell and how they are regulated by drugs.

Users can control how much DEEProtect changes the data; more distortion begets more privacy but also degrades app functions.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates drugs, devices, and many tests, but it does not control how doctors use them and has no control at all over surgeries.

Smart windows make it possible to control how much visible light and solar energy enter a building.

It has an adjustable sensitivity screw that allows you to control how much pressure you're using.

Some boards have multiple settings for speed, so you can control how fast you want to go.

When the weight is distributed and sway is controlled, it makes it easier for you to control how your trailer rides on the road.

The scientists also discovered that the stem cells released tiny packets of microRNA, bits of genetic material that control how genes function.

RNA molecules can attach to particular DNA sequences to help control how much protein these particular genes produce within a given time, and within a given cell.

The ringer can be spun fast or slow to control how much water is on the mop.

She and her colleagues knew that chromatin regulators — which control how genetic material gains access to a cell's transcriptional machinery — were key to treating the social deficits in ASD, but the challenge was to know how to affect key risk factors at once.

A wall - mounted thermostat allows you to control how hot the fire gets and will automatically shut the heater off when the room reaches your desired temperature!

It's really easy to control how much you use because each pump distributes the same amount.

This allows you to control how bright or how dim you see through the sight.