Sentences with phrase «damage to cell structures»

However, during times of disease, exercise, or environmental stress (e.g. smoking, UV or heat exposure) ROS levels can increase dramatically, which can result in significant damage to cell structures.

However, during times of disease, exercise, or environmental stress (e.g. smoking, sunlight or heat exposure) ROS levels can increase dramatically, which can result in significant damage to cell structures.

Energy metabolism and the production of Reactive Oxygen Species (very small molecules that can result in significant damage to cell structures, of which include oxygen ions, free radicals and peroxides) are thought to underpin many nuerodegenerative disorders, and creatine is thought to enhance the brains ability to survive the metabolic and physical trauma associated with these conditions.

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Tau helps provide structure to brain cells, is a marker for axonal damage — and is also what McKee finds spotted throughout the brains she examines in her Boston U. lab.

Other essential nutrients in onions are antioxidants that promote cellular structuring, increase immunity, and protect from free radical damage to the cells.

«The new Park Nanoscience Center at SUNY Polytechnic Institute provides researchers with greater access to Park Systems» cutting - edge AFM nanoscopic tools, featuring reliable and repeatable high - resolution imaging of nanoscale cell structures in any environment without damage to the sample.»

«While environmental enrichment didn't seem to significantly influence the number of neurons [that were damaged],» explains Tsai, «it does induce the growth of dendrites and high numbers of synapses,» both of which are neuronal structures that underlie how brain cells communicate with one another.

This caused the gold to release electrons which damaged the cancer cell's DNA and its overall structure, thereby enhancing the impact of the chemotherapy drug.

Not only did they show that N - cadherin was necessary for creating the perfectly clear structure of the lens, they also observed that malformed lenses lacking N - cadherin began to attract immune cells to try to fix the damage.

A few microscopic techniques can focus light deep into the intact brains of dead animals to study its structure without damaging the axons, but much of this light is scattered away by the fatty lipid membranes that surround individual cells, making the technique less than perfect.

This revealed telomeres as dangerous structures during mitosis, because the cells momentarily lost the ability to distinguish between damaged DNA strands and normal telomeres.

And by creating personalized organoids from the reprogrammed cells of patients, scientists could study disease in a very individualized way — or maybe even use organoid structures to replace certain damaged tissues, such as in the liver or spinal cord.

Arising from the Schwann cells of the vestibular (balance) nerve, these tumors can grow to the point of damaging nearby structures — and can lead to death by compressing the brainstem.

Eventually these smaller structures glom together to form plaques, but by then they have already damaged brain cells.

Scientists do not yet fully understand how antibiotics work on the molecular level, but they think that the drugs are effective in part by introducing reactive oxygen to bacterial cells, which damages key cellular structures.

Before scientists and engineers can realize the dream of using stem cells to create replacements for worn out organs and battle damaged body parts, they'll have to develop ways to grow complex three - dimensional structures in large volumes and at costs that won't bankrupt health care systems.

Anthracycline drugs, such as doxorubicin, are known to cause heart failure because they cause changes in the DNA structure of the heart muscle cells, leading to irreversible cardiac damage.

Experiments with mouse embryo support cells that express mutant DUB or pseudo-DUB proteins show an impaired immune response when infected with a virus and impaired DNA damage repair when exposed to ionizing radiation, further validating the need for complex's correct structure.

The team of researchers led by Prof. Dr. Ben Fabry, Dr. Navid Bonakdar and Richard Gerum was able to show that plastic cell deformation is caused by microscopic damage to the cytoskeleton, a network of fibre - like structures inside the cell that give it mechanical stability.

Scientists develop method to repair damaged structures deep inside the ear Researchers have developed a new approach to repair cells deep inside the ear — a potential remedy that could resto... Read more

«These tools could be used to print micro - or nano - scale 3D structures that facilitate the adhesion and growth of cells to create engineered tissue that restores damaged tissues.»

In 1963, Hruban and colleagues showed that damaged structures within a cell were sequestered and degraded, and that this was a normal and beneficial response to cellular injuries such as starvation or oxygen deprivation.

The proposed technique, previously used for detecting damaged surface areas on underwater marine structures such as bridge piers, off - shore wind turbine platforms and pipe - lines was applied to histopathology images of breast cells.

A new way to undo sun damage UV damage releases free radicals in your body that attack DNA structure, hinder the function of skin cells and cause mutations that may lead to cancer.

This means that inflammation can negatively affect just about every cell in the body by damaging the very structure we need to make energy.

The insulin - independent oxidative upregulation of insulin receptor signaling activity (basic IRS) results in inhibition of autophagic removal of damaged cell structures (Autophagy) and ability to maintain post-absorptive plasma cysteine concentrations.

Because the mitochondria (energy producing structures in cells) in the brain are so susceptible to damage, proper clearing of waste products is absolutely vital to prevent and fix brain fog.

As an antioxidant, lipoic acid scavenges highly reactive «free radical» compounds and neutralizes them before they can inflict damage to tissues and structures throughout the body, notably cell membranes, DNA and proteins.

AAEM pointed to numerous animal studies that showed oxidative stress, altered structure and function of the liver, intestinal damage, disruption of the immune system, increased cell growth and hundreds of alterations in gene expressions.

Protein provides amino acids which are used to form neurotransmitters, support structures in neurons, receptors which aid communication and antioxidants which protect cells from damage.

Free radicals are oxygen atoms which can badly damage cell structures leading to lowered immune response and vulnerability to numerous degenerative diseases.

One unbalanced molecule may not sound like a major concern, but oxidation sets off a chain reaction by damaging a cell's DNA, structure, and ability to function.