Sentences with phrase «different types of cells including»

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But there can be several different types of cell in a uterine carcinosarcoma tumor, including ones that are not usually found in the uterus.

Using a mathematical model known as the Ising model, invented to describe phase transitions in statistical physics, such as how a substance changes from liquid to gas, the Johns Hopkins researchers calculated the probability distribution of methylation along the genome in several different human cell types, including normal and cancerous colon, lung and liver cells, as well as brain, skin, blood and embryonic stem cells.

In their latest study, they tested compounds against cells from nine different types of human cancer, including common types affecting blood, colon, breast, prostate, ovaries, kidneys, and lungs.

DNA from the cell nucleus, which includes both maternal and paternal lines, tells a different story: The two types of elephants are in fact separate species, leading recently to a proposed relisting of the forest elephant as Loxodonta cyclotis.

The olfactory system comprises six million to 10 million receptor cells (of which there are nearly 400 different types) and links to multiple brain structures and neural pathways, including those involved in memory, emotion and movement.

Stem cells are capable of becoming many different tissue types, including neurons.

The team used five types of antibiotics — including one used to treat acne (doxycycline)-- on cell lines of eight different types of tumour and found that four of them eradicated the cancer stem cells in every test.

While it is present on a number of different types of cells in the body, it is expressed at higher levels on metastatic tumour cells, including those which have spread from the lung.

The follow up Biosensors paper, provides a proof - of - principle use of these probes as tools to assess and compare GLUT5 and metabolic activity of different cell types, including normal cells and different cancer subtypes.

Chen said proving that the channels work in concert helps explain how sensory cells can process numerous types of environmental signals, including itching that results from different things.

These are organized in germ layers and are thus the origin of different tissue types, including the pancreas and its insulin - producing beta cells.

In previous experiments, neural stem cells have been able to integrate into developing embryos and turn into many different types of cells, including heart and liver (ScienceNOW, 1 June) and even blood (21 January 1999).

A study published October 18 in Biophysical Journal reveals that the softness of corneal cells indicates their potential for stem - like activity, including the ability to self - multiply and turn into different types of mature cells.

Other forms of cell - cell interaction, on the other hand, are only effective in mixed population structures; these include, for example, cross-feeding mutualisms in which different cell types depend on close proximity to benefit each other [17 — 19].

stem cell Special cells in the body that can make any of several different types of new cells, including blood cells.

Mechanical properties of many different cell types including glial cells, platelets, cardiocytes, macrophages, endothelial cells, epithelial cells, fibroblasts, bladder cells and more have been determined using F - d spectroscopy.

Expression of Snail represses expression of E-cadherin and induces EMT in different cell types, including breast cancer cells [36, 37].

The latter work addresses questions including whether infection with different serotypes is associated with distinct types of T cell responses, whether any HLA alleles are associated with pathogenesis or protection, and whether vaccination with a formulation in clinical trials is associated with T cell responses similar to those following infection that might serve as correlates of protection.

Human embryonic stem cells can turn into a variety of different cell types, including (A) gut, (B) neural cells, (C) bone marrow cells, (D) cartilage, (E) muscle, and (F) kidney cells.

Although we have seen that sponges and eumetazoans share many common pathways related to morphogenesis and cell - type specification, there are notable genomic differences, including different microRNA assemblages46, lineage - specific domains and domain architectures, and the differential expansions of gene families.

Many different cell types including fibroblasts, smooth muscle cells, endothelial cells, and cancer cells exert traction forces on the fibrous components of the extracellular matrix.

Beyond the expansion of the collection of barcoded cell lines for testing larger panels of compounds, next steps will include determining whether PRISM can be used to study the complex interactions between different cell types found within tumors, or to study tumor evolution during cancer development or after cancer treatment.

In fact, let - 7 controlled a number of stem cell properties, including the ability to self - renew and differentiate into different cell types (or «multipotency»).

One type of GAG is dermatan sulfate, which, according to an article in Glycobiology, acts on cells in many different ways, including helping them regenerate and repair wounds.

While cancerous cells have a variety of different causes, excessive alcoholic intake can increase the risk of various types of cancers, including neck, liver, breast, and colorectal, and may play a role in the development of many other types of cancers, though the link has yet to be proven.

One study examined the cytotoxic effects of different types of clove extract on breast cancer cell lines, including water - based, alcohol - based and essential oil extracts.

While all types are helpful in preventing unwanted oxygen damage to our cells and body systems, different types of antioxidants go about this task in different ways, and it is the combination of these types in cruciferous vegetables — including bok choy — that make them so valuable in terms of their antioxidant support.

Year 4 Science Assessments Objectives covered: Recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways Explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local and wider environment Recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things Describe the simple functions of the basic parts of the digestive system in humans Identify the different types of teeth in humans and their simple functions Construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey Compare and group materials together, according to whether they are solids, liquids or gases Observe that some materials change state when they are heated or cooled, and measure or research the temperature at which this happens in degrees Celsius (°C) Identify the part played by evaporation and condensation in the water cycle and associate the rate of evaporation with temperature Identify how sounds are made, associating some of them with something vibrating Recognise that vibrations from sounds travel through a medium to the ear Find patterns between the pitch of a sound and features of the object that produced it Find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations that produced it Recognise that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source increases Identify common appliances that run on electricity Construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers Identify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit, based on whether or not the lamp is part of a complete loop with a battery Recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this with whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuit Recognise some common conductors and insulators, and associate metals with being good conductors

Wellness bloodwork includes a serum chemistry profile, a Complete Blood Count (commonly called a CBC, it's a tally of all the different types of blood cells, like red blood cells, the five zillion different types of white blood cells, and platelets), a thyroid test, and urinalysis, plus yearly heartworm and fecal screening.

Expression of VEGF has been reported in a wide range of different tumor types in the dog including hemangiosarcoma, malignant melanoma, soft tissue sarcomas, mast cell tumors, nasal carcinomas, intracranial neoplasias, and simple mammary gland adenocarcinomas and inflammatory mammary carcinoma.

Cell - based vaccine strategies that stimulate anti-tumor immunity have shown promise in the treatment of many different cancer types including non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) in humans.

Its eye includes two different kinds of ommatidium; each contains nine light sensitive cells, of which seven contain a pigment whose absorption spectrum peaks in the green part of the spectrum, but in one type the remaining two receptors have peak absorption in the blue and in the other type they have peak reception in the ultra violet.

Any type of prognosis for the effectiveness of treatment and the future of the disease depends upon different and varying criteria including a tumor's resistance to treatment, the cell type of the tumor, tumor stage and size, and how much the tumor has progressed prior to detection.