Sentences with phrase «for cells and tissues»

Our lab is interested in understanding how polyploidization is regulated in normal physiology and what the functional consequences of becoming polyploid are for cells and tissues.

Phosphorus is also used by the body to synthesize protein for cell and tissue growth and repair.

In a boon to stem cell research and regenerative medicine, scientists at Boston Children's Hospital, the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Boston University have created a computer algorithm called CellNet as a «roadmap» for cell and tissue engineering, to ensure that cells engineered in the lab have the same favorable properties as cells in our own bodies.

It's good for cell and tissue metabolism, absorption of fat - soluble vitamins like A, D, E, and K, hormone regulation and nerve function.

Not exact matches

Scientists can create tissue to see how it will respond to chemicals or medicines, and an individual's own cells can be used to create a replica tissue sample for a more accurate forecast of how that person's body will react.

ReInnervate, a start - up in Durham, England, is developing a tiny, three - dimensional plastic scaffolding on which human cells can be grown into artificial tissue, and perhaps eventually into replacements for organs.

For example, using 3 - D bioprinters — which can print the structure of human tissue with biodegradable material — and stem cells, which are used to populate the 3 - D printed structure, researchers can grow actually human tissue.

Drawing on Toronto's leading stem cell and tissue engineering expertise, one group will focus on new models for repairing damaged hearts.

In a rare appearance Dr. Chandan Sen, Director, OSU Center for Regenerative Medicine & Cell - Based Therapies will explain how this breakthrough came about and how the technology is leading to other medical discoveries and how the principle can be used to generate any tissue out of skin or fat which is abundant in human body.

Our client @RevivifyBio one of the leaders for Stem Cell, Amniotic Tissue Regeneration and PRP launches new campaign using @nFuszInc new Notify CRM 2.0 this week.

Back in April 2001, the American Society for Cell Biology issued a two - page «talking points» memo, justifying the use of fetal tissue and cells in medical research.

Philippa Taylor explained why she thought it was an encouraging discovery: «There could be real benefits for some people, particularly young girls or people who are going through cancer treatment or chemotherapy and that destroys any chance of having their own eggs and growing eggs cells so if you can remove ovarian tissue, grow some egg cells outside the womb and implant them after the treatment then that could be very positive.»

Animals consist of limbs and tissues that are put together in a certain way, and the same goes for the limbs and tissues themselves; they — we should say their cells — have varying compositions.

The strict definition of celiac disease — positive antibodies to gliadin, intestinal endomysium, and tissue transglutaminase, together with the presence of HLA - DQ2 or HLA - DQ8 genes and an intestinal biopsy that shows at least 20 - 25 CD3 cells per 100 epithelial cells — will account for about 75 - 80 % of all those sensitive to gluten.

Protein helps to rebuild cells and tissue and is required for growth and maintenance.

Thus, the rate of freezing for plant tissues is extremely important due to the effect of freezing rate on the size of ice crystals, cell hydration, and damage to cell walls (Rahman, 1999).

Vitamin A also supports bone growth as well as cell and tissue health for strong nails, skin and hair.

The tutorials will teach you how to recognize bacterial mastitis caused by cuts and cracks in the nipples giving a leeway for microbes to infest and attack the mammary cells and tissues leading to infection in the breasts.

This unnatural and forced movement of water changes vaginal cell shape and biology for the worse and can lead to tissue damage, irritation, and general disruptions to the vaginal ecosystem.

Beef is a good source of protein needed for the growth of tissues, cells, and organs in the body of the embryo and relevant for the healing and reparation of damaged tissues during childbirth.

The Multinationals have confused parents and led them to think that saturated fats and cholesterol are bad for infants, but they are the building blocks of tissue cell structures.

Eating enough protein is essential for healthy development of new cells in the placenta and maternal tissues and encourages healthy blood production.

As red blood cells are responsible for transporting oxygen to the cells and tissues of the body, the lack of hemoglobin can lead to lethargy, weakness, breathing problems, heart dysfunction, and other complications.

Stem cell research and diabetes Stem cell research is a relatively new area of investigation, believed by many in the scientific and medical communities to have important new potential for the treatment of many diseases and conditions particularly those like diabetes, which are characterised by severe damage to certain cells and tissues..

As well as allowing the use of stem cells grown from established cell lines, the technology could enable the creation of improved human tissue models for drug testing and potentially even purpose - built replacement organs.

Judging the entries were Bob Goldman of Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, Robert Krulwich, science correspondent for National Public Radio, Dave Mosher, science and technology correspondent for Business Insider, and Clare Waterman, of the Laboratory of Cell and Tissue Morphodynamics at the National Institute of Health.

Researchers at the Center for Engineering MechanoBiology (CEMB), an NSF Science and Technology Center at the University of Pennsylvania, study plants like this Arabidopsis thaliana to learn how molecules, cells and tissues integrate mechanics within plant and animal biology, with the aim of creating new materials, biomedical therapies and agricultural technologies.

This pilot research builds on an earlier study by Milovancev and collaborators that examined the ability of MRIs and CT angiograms to detect cancerous lesions related to FISS, and another study that looked at three methods for assessing margins for canine mast cell tumors and soft tissue sarcomas.

For unknown reasons our immune system attacks healthy cells, tissues and organs in a process called autoimmunity, which can result in diseases such as multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes, lupus or rheumatoid arthritis.

International Stem Cell scientists have converted them into liver cells and plan to convert them into neurons for treating Parkinson's disease, pancreatic cells for diabetes, and other tissues.

Stem cells in babies» urine seem to help regenerate kidney tissue, protecting it from toxic drugs and could pep up organs for transplantation

Alfano states «Resonant Raman using the laser pointer 532 nm has become an e?cient tool for investigating molecular components in tissues and cells, providing more detailed information and a way to detect diseases like skin cancer, brain cancer, or atherosclerosis — in mere seconds.»

The biobank of MedUni Vienna and Vienna General Hospital is a central service facility dedicated to the storage of human tissue, cell material and body fluids for more in - depth diagnosis, academic research projects and clinical tests, as well as working - up samples by way of a medical service.

Large quantities of these reverted cells could be used to treat anything from spinal cord injury to liver damage without the risk of tissue rejection, said Robert Weinberg, a biologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and co-author of a study appearing in Cell.

A FATTY apron of tissue called the omentum, which sits over the stomach and intestines, may be the perfect spot to grow patches of cells for heart repair.

A detour on the road to regenerative medicine for people with muscular disorders is figuring out how to coax muscle stem cells to fuse together and form functioning skeletal muscle tissues.

The discovery is an important advance in the search for new medications to fight obesity, said senior investigator Shingo Kajimura, PhD, UCSF assistant professor of cell and tissue biology, with a joint appointment in the UCSF Diabetes Center and the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research at Ucell and tissue biology, with a joint appointment in the UCSF Diabetes Center and the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCell Research at UCSF.

However, centres in the US and Europe are already banking testicular tissue for boys in the hope that new stem - cell - based therapies will become available.

Despite being trapped and baked within a polymer, cell staining shows that the cultured cells remained alive, says Fernandez, an obvious necessity if they are to be used for artificial tissues.

Researchers from the Institute for Integrated Cell - Material Sciences (iCeMS) of Kyoto University and the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery of Osaka University have developed effective and convenient Cardiac Tissue - Like Constructs (CTLCs) for repairing myocardial infarctions.

Ding's team took cells called fibroblasts from the connective tissues of mouse fetuses and bathed them in a cocktail of the four polyarginine - tagged proteins for 12 hours, then they removed the reprogramming proteins for 36 hours, and repeated this cycle four times over.

RNAScope ISH was developed by Advanced Cell Diagnostics (ACD) Inc., initially for studies of gene expression in animal (and especially human) tissues.

The researchers — James Robl, a developmental biologist and his colleagues at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and Steve Stice at Advanced Cell Technology in Worcester, Massachusetts — inserted a marker gene fused with a gene for resistance to the chemical neomycin into a culture of connective tissue cells called fibroblasts.

«We don't yet understand why these mutations occur in these tissues, but one possibility is that they could be giving the cells an advantage for growth and spread.»

Small populations of adult stem cells with somewhat limited developmental potential are responsible for the body's ability to heal injuries and replace worn out cells and tissues, and evidence is growing that rare cancer stem cells are responsible for the uncontrolled growth of some malignant tumors, including glioblastoma.

Defined as the harnessing of living processes to achieve healing and repair of damaged and diseased tissues by Tim Hardingham, director of the UK Centre for Tissue Engineering, it is a field that requires collaborative research involving cell and molecular biologists, chemical engineers, materials scientists, and surgeons.

Until now, most 2D and 3D in vitro tissue did not beat in harmony and required scaffolding for the cells to hold onto and grow, causing limitations.

Yoshiki Sasai at the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology in Kobe, Japan, and colleagues encouraged embryonic stem cells to develop into retinal cells, and then grew them alongside a protein matrix to promote the formation of tissue.

Tissue engineering provides a more practical means for researchers to study cell behavior, such as cancer cell resistance to therapy, and test new drugs or combinations of drugs to treat many diseases.

The detector developed at UNH, known as DoSEN, short for Dose Spectra from Energetic Particles and Neutrons, measures and calculates the absorbed dose in matter and tissue resulting from the exposure to indirect and direct ionizing radiation, which can change cells at the atomic level and lead to irreparable damage.