Sentences with phrase «develop such an organ»

Jellyfish exist without camera eyes, there is no evolutionary reason why the Box Jellyfish would develop such an organ.

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Researchers also are developing techniques for assembling living cells into working biodevices — which could mean a solution for damaged internal organs, such as livers, bladders, and kidneys.

The odds of developing such a magnificent organ like the camera eye is unlikely.

In such a situation local groups ready to move together quickly for the sake of mission could do so; already - developed structures and organs (such as the National Council of Churches» Commission on Regional and Local Ecumenism) could be utilized and built upon; those no longer useful could be let go.

«The researchers have taken a technique that most in the field thought would be impossible for complex organs such as the kidney, and have painstakingly developed a method to make it work,» says Jamie Davies at the University of Edinburgh, UK, who was part of a team that last year made some headway in their attempts to grow kidneys from scratch in the lab.

The attendees developed a list of top research priorities and a research agenda for exercise in solid organ transplant, which includes the need to conduct large multicenter intervention studies, standardize measures of physical function in clinical trials, examine the benefits of novel types of exercise, and assess the effects of exercise on measures such as immunity, infection, and cognition.

As tumors grow and develop, they shed micro-metastases, clusters of a few cells that take up residence in far - flung organs such as the brain, liver and bone.

Prodrugs specific to those other organs — such as bones — would have to be developed to boost estrogen elsewhere in the body, she says.

Plants either dropped their leaves seasonally, shutting down the pathways that would normally carry water between roots and leaves; developed thinner water - conducting pathways, allowing them to keep their leaves while reducing the risk of air bubbles developing during freezing and thawing; or avoided the cold seasons altogether as herbs, losing aboveground stems and leaves and retreating as seeds, or storing organs underground, such as tulips or potatoes.

The children can also develop problems with other organs, such as the kidneys.

Older mice seem to benefit from such an arrangement, developing healthier organs and becoming protected from age - related disease.

With chimeras, added Wu, «we might have a chance to see how the human cells develop, how organs form, and how mutations can cause [such serious malformations] that there's a miscarriage.»

But undertstanding the nuts and bolts of how they develop from an undifferentiated cell that gives rise to cells that are specialized such as organs, or bones, and the nervous system, is not well understood.

These human - pig «chimeras» were not allowed to develop past the fetal stage, but the experiment suggests such creations could eventually be used to grow fully human organs for transplant, easing the fatal shortage of organs: 120,000 people in the United States are waiting for lifesaving transplants, but every day two dozen die before they get them.

We have developed pre-clinical models to identify genes, both in the tumour cells and in the microenvironment that regulate the spread of cancer to specific organs such as the liver, lungs and brain.

Now researchers at UC San Francisco have taken the first step toward a comprehensive atlas of gene expression in cells across the developing human brain, making available new insights into how specific cells and gene networks contribute to building this most complex of organs, and serving as a resource for researchers around the world to study the interplay between these genetic programs and neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism, intellectual disability and schizophrenia.

He and his coworkers had shown that electric charges play an important role in how organs, such as the eyes, develop.

Such is the case with liver cancer, which often develops in an organ that has been weakened by hepatitis B or C virus.

Her group has developed pre-clinical models of metastatic disease that are used to identify genes, both in the tumour cells and in the tumour micro-environment that regulate the process of metastasis to specific organs such as bone, liver, lung and brain.

While such a cluster of personalized cells is not a perfect replica of the organ that exists in that person's body, it can be experimented on and used to gauge the effectiveness of potential therapies, providing a powerful new tool to help researchers understand how diseases develop and how to treat them.

In a developing embryo, stem cells can differentiate into all the specialized cells, but also maintain the normal turnover of regenerative organs, such as blood, skin, or intestinal tissues.

By studying them, we are beginning to gain insight into human disease — to understand why organs such as the heart can not repair themselves or why, as we age, the incidence of debilitating diseases such as cancer, heart disease and Alzheimer's increases so rapidly, and we are developing new therapies that will enhance our abilities to regenerate damaged tissues and prolong healthy lifespan.

San Diego, CA (March 31, 2009)-- Novocell, Inc., a stem cell engineering company, today announced that it has received U.S. Patent 7,510,876 with claims covering human definitive endoderm cells, an essential cell for generating not only pancreatic type cells, which Novocell is developing for use as a cell therapy for diabetes, but also other endoderm lineage - derived tissues and organs such as lungs, intestine, liver, thymus and thyroid.

Biomedical engineers study, design, develop and evaluate biological and medical systems and products such as artificial organs, prostheses, medical instruments and information systems.

In the past, the virus usually only developed into brain disease in individuals with suppressed immune systems, such as AIDS patients and organ transplant recipients on immunosuppressant medications.

Similarly, other methods of developing artificial organs have also surfaced such as in March when researchers were able to successfully utilize spinach leaves to create actual beating human heart tissue.

If pleasure and pain are experienced by either the physical body or the sense organs, the mind will experience them as well... to learn how to achieve such concentration the body must first be purified and then mental strength developed.

On the other hand, people with immune system problems, such as those with HIV / AIDS, those taking certain types of chemotherapy, or persons who have recently received an organ transplant, and infants, may develop severe toxoplasmosis, which results in damage to the eye or the brain.

At some point, most pets will develop a life - limiting disease (such as organ failure or cancer).

People, especially children, who ingest such eggs can develop serious health problems, such as blindness, encephalitis and other organ damage.

Mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer that develops in the protective lining of many internal organs, is caused by exposure to asbestos, such as inhaling or ingesting asbestos in the workplace.