The researchers found that overproducing the microRNAs in
cultured cells cut down the concentration of E2F1, a protein involved in a cancer growth pathway, suggesting that, in healthy cells, the microRNAs keep cell growth in check.
Not exact matches
By lowering the oxygen in the
culture — adding nitrogen to
cut it by more than half — the researchers found they could dramatically improve the percentage of stem
cells capable of making normal sperm when put back into the testes.
The specificity of this DNA
cutting activity has made CRISPR - Cas the darling of gene therapy researchers, who have modified it to make precise changes in the genomes of
cultured cells, laboratory animals, and even humans.
The team's experiments in
cell cultures, conducted with funding from an American Brain Tumor Association Discovery Grant, showed that coibamide A
cuts off the cancer
cells» ability to communicate with blood vessels and other
cells, eventually starving the
cell and triggering its death.
Previous research showed that COX - 2 inhibitors
cut viral production in half in
cultured cells, but how they did so was unclear.
Katja Schurig (Storch, TUD)-- «Tissue engineering for reconstructing the central dopaminergic nigro - striatal pathway in Parkinson's disease:
Cutting edge
cell culture studies» (2012)
My lab is dedicated to explore the vast uncharacterized microbial diversity using
cutting - edge
culture independent technologies, such as single
cell genomics and metagenomics.
Includes embryo transplants, adult
cell cloning,
cuttings and tissue
culture.
The design uses an innovative process called «DIY agronomy tissue
culture», which relies on
cell cultures to grow plants rather than seeds and
cuttings.
Experienced and knowledgeable Laboratory Research Assistant providing
cutting - edge research and development initiatives, working with fibroblast
cell cultures and performing biochemical enzymatic analyses.