Sentences with phrase «controlling tumour growth»

A gene on chromosome 21 called DSCR1 is involved in controlling tumour growth.

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Radiation techniques were subsequently developed for use after surgery to control small tumour growths.

«In most cases we think the body's growth control mechanisms eventually stop the cells from proliferating further, but in occasional cases where additional mutations occur in the clump of cells, a tumour will eventually develop,» says Andrew Wilkie also of the University of Oxford, who supervised the work.

«This might mean that strategies to control exosome release could be used to interrupt the ephrin - Eph signaling pathway and thereby disrupt tumour growth,» he surmises.

For example, if your topic is a gene that controls cancer cells, a description of sinister tumour growth in the relevant organ will probably do the trick.

BET inhibitors reduce tumour growth by blocking BET proteins, a family of proteins that control whether genes are switched on or off.

In tumour cells, the signals controlling cell growth and survival are dysfunctional, thus enabling the cells to grow in an uncontrolled manner.

Prof. Luis Liz - Marzan, EurASc Blaise Pascal Medalist in Materials Science in 2017, has received an ERC Advanced Grant for his project entitled «Four - Dimensional Monitoring of Tumour Growth by Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering» and this project will deal with the design of materials and methods that allow a study in real time of tumor growth under controlled environments, built from purposely designed scafGrowth by Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering» and this project will deal with the design of materials and methods that allow a study in real time of tumor growth under controlled environments, built from purposely designed scafgrowth under controlled environments, built from purposely designed scaffolds.

Professor Murray's research has been in a wide spectrum of areas, just a few of which are animal coat pattern formation, the spread and control of rabies, the mechanical theory of morphogenesis, brain tumour growth and control, marital interaction and divorce prediction, the benefits of cannibalism, bovine tuberculosis, wound healing and justifying tribal warfare.

The phytochemicals (plant chemicals) in potatoes and sweet potatoes may also keep us healthy by regulating the immune system, fighting viruses and other pathogens, controlling inflammation, and inhibiting tumour growth.