Sentences with phrase «damage than normal cells»

They found that the cancer cells were more sensitive to DNA damage than normal cells.

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Since cancer cells divide more often than most normal cells, they react more sensitive to DNA damaging agents.

The researchers found that mutant mice lacking Del - 1 had more severe attacks of the EAE than normal mice, with more damage to myelin, the fatty sheath that coats neurons and helps in the transmission of signals along the cell.

In 2001, he discovered that a strain of yeast made up of unusually small cells and colonies lived about three times longer than normal yeast and was highly protected from DNA damage and aging.

Clarke notes that this kind of work — reprogramming normal cells to replace damaged tissues or organs in regenerative medicine, or even growing cells from an individual's cancer to determine what the best treatment is — speaks to the doctrine rather than challenges it.

In some cases, astragalus stimulated the damaged cells to greater activity than found in normal cells taken from healthy individuals.»

The mitochondria produced lower - than - normal amounts of energy and released high amounts of toxins that cause cell damage.

Said simply, because cancer cells are weaker than normal cells, they are more susceptible to damage from heat.