Sentences with phrase «different kinds of cells»

Stem cells are renowned for their regenerative capacity, able to grow into many different kinds of cells in the body.

For example, nobody knows how many different kinds of cells there are in our bodies.

Now, researchers say they've discovered a novel mechanism that marks the identities of different kinds of cells in the human body — and prevents them from transforming into another type altogether.

Even though they are located in similar locations with very similar feeling and texture on physical examination, these masses are made of of very different kinds of cells.

«Bringing together this team, to do this kind of work means we will be better able to understand how stem cells change as they grow and become different kinds of cells.

Using a mouse model, the team also demonstrated that two processes during neurodevelopment are regulated by the gene: proliferation — the replication of neuronal stem cells that have the potential to become multiple different kinds of cells, including neurons — and migration — the movement of neurons to specific locations in the brain during development.

The scientific name for wood tissue is xylem; it consists of a few different kinds of cells.

«Divide and define: Clues to understanding how stem cells produce different kinds of cells.»

«It will allow us to irradiate different kinds of cells and organisms using single protons, which is not so easy to do using low - energy accelerators.»

We believe there is an undiscovered world of biology that allows different kinds of cells to synthesize protein at different rates and in different ways, and that those differences are important for cellular survival.»

For example, the debates over embryonic stem cell research were largely focused on the morality of killing human embryos to create pluripotent stem cells, which could then be used to generate different kinds of cells, tissues, and organs for treating injuries and degenerative diseases.

Two, it might establish a valuable new use for stem cells: unspecialized cells able to give rise to many different kinds of cells in the body.

In a paper published online yesterday in Stem Cells, the researchers report that they succeeded in generating pluripotent human ES cell lines — i.e., cells that can develop into many different kinds of cells — from one of the 13 late - arrested embryos.

A key step in disentangling this vast network is to find ways to access each of the thousands of different kinds of cells in the brain.

«We were starting to understand a lot about circuits and cells, and we had the tools to look at gene expression in different kinds of cells?

Transcription factors are responsible for either inhibiting or promoting the expression of genes, and master regulatory transcription factors are like transcription factors on steroids: their actions regulate thousands of genes in different kinds of cells.

However, different kinds of cells have different epigenetics, so their expression patterns are different.»

He was particularly interested in creating the simplest of solid organs, a phallus, which has just two different kinds of cells to manage.

They identified 47 different kinds of cell, including a large proportion of specialised neurons, some blood vessel cells and glial cells, which take care of waste products, protect against infection and supply nerve cells with nutrients.