They are so common that
for every human cell of your body, there are 10 microbial cells living in and on you.
Not exact matches
Prior to
Human Longevity, Collins was the CEO and general manager
of GE Healthcare's
cell therapy division
for three years.
One
of the most remarkable facts about the
human body — indeed, about the great mass
of living things — is that nearly every
cell carries the complete genetic blueprint
for the entire organism.
To read his blog is to watch the growth
of a
human being: You see Ev nearly lose his company, bring it back from the dead, strike it big, struggle with the tech support
for his new
cell phone, and get married.
For example, CRAC channels in T
cells have been clinically validated as important drug targets through
human mutations and the use
of calcineurin inhibitors that act downstream from CRAC channels.
For example, instead
of using the protein scissors to cut a virus, they can be used to cut out DNA in a
human cell and replace it with DNA
of the scientist's choosing.
But organizers
of the International Summit on
Human Gene Editing said editing genes in human embryos was permissible for research purposes, so long as the modified cells would not be implanted to establish a pregn
Human Gene Editing said editing genes in
human embryos was permissible for research purposes, so long as the modified cells would not be implanted to establish a pregn
human embryos was permissible
for research purposes, so long as the modified
cells would not be implanted to establish a pregnancy.
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.
Using advances in genomic sequencing, the
human microbiome, proteomics, informatics, computing, and
cell therapy technologies, HLI is building the world's most comprehensive database
of human genotypes and phenotypes as a basis
for a variety
of commercialization opportunities to help solve aging related disease and
human biological decline.
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.
But since you and I both know God is the ultimate authority and thus sets the standard, and God clearly is against abortion, and the atheists are erroneously calling very early
human life nothing but «a bunch
of cells,» isn't it up to us to fight
for those lives?
The truth,
of course, is that there are no
human embryonic stem -
cell therapies even in clinical trial, let alone ready
for therapy, and there have been no major treatment....
Benedict argued that non-conjugal reproduction such as in vitro fertilization had created «new problems» ¯ the freezing
of human embryos,
for instance, and the selective abortion
of medically implanted embryos, together with pre-implantation diagnosis, embryonic stem -
cell research, and attempts at
human cloning.
«In its 4.6 billion years circling the sun, the Earth has harbored an increasing diversity
of life forms:
for the last 3.6 billion years, simple
cells (prokaryotes);
for the last 3.4 billion years, cyanobacteria performing ph - otosynthesis;
for the last 2 billion years, complex
cells (eukaryotes);
for the last 1 billion years, multicellular life;
for the last 600 million years, simple animals;
for the last 550 million years, bilaterians, animals with a front and a back;
for the last 500 million years, fish and proto - amphibians;
for the last 475 million years, land plants;
for the last 400 million years, insects and seeds;
for the last 360 million years, amphibians;
for the last 300 million years, reptiles;
for the last 200 million years, mammals;
for the last 150 million years, birds;
for the last 130 million years, flowers;
for the last 60 million years, the primates,
for the last 20 million years, the family H - ominidae (great apes);
for the last 2.5 million years, the genus H - omo (
human predecessors);
for the last 200,000 years, anatomically modern
humans.»
research; since most
of the reports have concentrated on justifying the creation
of cloned
human embryos
for research into and treatment
of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's, «stem -
cells» has become synonymous with «embryonic stem -
cells» in the public imagination.
An embryo is developing to BECOME a
human child, but
for at least the first 20 weeks it is a collection
of cells dividing and developing.
Solzhenitsyn even blesses his prison
cell for having purged him
of the confusion
of his age,
for once on the other side
of history — free from the petty progressive notions
of one's time — one enters history in a new way, as a witness to the inner force that intuitively resists oppression born
of the
human will to power.
This depends upon there being a brain, an arrangement
of cells in a particular part
of the body which by reason
of its peculiar coordination makes the given routing able to «know» in a distinctively
human manner — quite different from, although certainly continuous with, the sort
of «knowing» that is possible
for the higher grades
of animal life.
The ANT - OAR proposal represent a scientifically and morally sound means
of obtaining
human pluripotent stem
cells that does not compromise either the science or the deeply held moral convictions
of those who oppose the destructive use
of human embryos
for research» which is a creative approach that can be embraced by both the anything - goes camp and the nothing - goes.
As we read this history, the furor over stem
cells was fueled by numerous factors: the near - universal
human desire
for magic; patients» desperation in the face
of illness and their hope
for cures; the belief that biology can now do anything; the reluctance
of scientists to accept any limits (particularly moral limits) on their research; the impact
of big money from biotech stocks, patents, and federal funding; the willingness
of America's elite class to use every means possible to discredit religion in general; and the need to protect the unlimited abortion license by accepting no protections
of unborn
human life.
The National Institutes
of Health (NIH) has allowed a contract
for the dissemination
of embryonic stem
cell lines approved
for US government funding to lapse, shuttering a key stem
cell bank, and doubling the price researchers pay
for samples
of some
human embryonic stem
cell (hESC) line... from $ 500 per vial
of frozen
cells to $ 1,000.
Examples are 9/11 hijackings, The holding back
of stem
cell research that could save countless
human lives, Aids being spread due to religious opposition to the use
of condoms, Christians legally fighting this year to teach over 1 million young girls in America that they must always be obedient to men, the eroding
of child protection laws in America by Christians,
for so called faith based healing alternatives that place children's health and safety at risk, burning
of witches, the crusades, The Nazi belief that the Aryans were god's chosen to rule the world, etc... But who cares about evidence in the real world when we have our imaginations and delusions about gods with no evidence
of them existing.
Hartshorne has no patience
for those holding a genetic view
of personhood, who claim that the potential represented in a fertilized
human egg
cell is equivalent to an actual person.
No doubt it is true, scientifically speaking, that no distinct center
of superhuman consciousness has yet appeared on earth (at least in the living world)
for which it may be claimed or predicted that one day it will exercise a centralizing function, in relation to associated
human thought, similar to the role
of the individual «I» in relation to the
cells of the brain.
Some
humans romantically yearn
for a regression back to social anarchy, which might be likened — rather fancifully, to be sure — to the
cells of a plant longing
for the mobility
of single -
celled organisms.
Yet just such an unlikely resolution may be in hand
for one
of the most acrimonious conflicts
of recent times: the debate over
human embryonic stem
cells....
Stem
cells can be obtained licitly, without loss
of human life —
for example, from an adult organism or from the blood
of the umbilical cord at the time
of birth.
He decreed that the case brought by researchers Drs James Sherley and Theresa Deisher, along with a number
of Christian groups including the Christian Medical Association, should be heard; and ordered an injunction temporarily blocking federal funding allocated
for human - embryonic - stem -
cell research.
The increasing use
of in - vitro - fertilisation techniques, and the emergence
of new possibilities involving
human cloning, mixing
of human and animal genetic elements, and the use
of embryonic stem
cells for research, among other things, brought the need
for further teaching.
The combination
of sentience in natural entities, be they electrons,
cells, or
human beings, together with the lure beyond themselves
for their possible futures is the source
of their creativity.
The Inquisitor eventually comes to visit him in his
cell, mocks him, berates him, denounces him
for his failure and the failure
of the ideas
of love [167] and servanthood and the exaltation
of human freedom that he brought.
The spreading branches in a maple grove,
for example, remind the author
of the branches
of cells that are sending nutrients and hormones to the
human embryo.
Modern psychosomatic medicine has made some progress in analyzing along these lines;
for example, it seems quite possible that the emotional tone
of my soul may directly alter the patterns
of physical feeling in my stomach.4 Still, we should not suppose too quickly that the aims
of a
human personality have any very effective direct influence on the molecules
of body
cells, other than those in the brain.
Stem
cells can transform into any other
human cells, so they have immense potential
for generating all sorts
of adult
cells and thus can be used in research concerning
human degenerative (and other) diseases.
If we say such
cells have the potential
of becoming
human life, then Catholics are right to argue that the unjoined sperm and egg also have a similar potential
for life, and anything that stops them joining (such as a condom or withdrawal) is morally equivalent to abortion.
Such whole - grain varieties contain high levels
of phenols and tannins, two plant compounds with a knack
for mopping up free radicals that can wreak havoc on
cell membranes and other delicate machinery within the
human body.
Specifically, when capsaicin frequently binds to receptors within the
human central nervous system's TRPV1 channel (the sensory receptor system
for pain and heat detection), these receptors deplete and this depletion results in a whole host
of benefits
for the central nervous system at large, including terminating cancer
cells, increasing the metabolic rate and digestive efficiency, increasing circulatory blood flow, and combatting inflammation, and making you feel better about the world.
The lab - grown meat — which the company calls «clean meat» — is developed from self - reproducing
cells taken from a chicken, with the purpose
of creating a product that omnivores can't distinguish from the real thing, but with a fraction
of the considerable downsides
of meat production, including environmental destruction and using agricultural land to grow animal feed rather than crops
for human consumption.
So he let me live in a heartbreaking jail
cell of forced celibacy and denial
of human touch / intimacy
for years because he was «embarrassed?»
Although most states require only a handful
of tests, a panel
of experts convened by the U.S. Department
of Health and
Human Services and the March
of Dimes recommends newborns be screened
for 30 genetic disorders, including hypothyroidism, cystic fibrosis, and sickle
cell anemia.
Plastic containers are the best choice
for storing breastmilk in the refrigerator as more
of human milk's leukocytes or white
cells adhere to glass.
To estimate the prevalence
of positive serology among potential donors to a
human milk bank.Retrospective review
of our experience with donor serological testing at our milk bank over a 6 - year interval.Not -
for - profit, regional
human milk bank.Volunteer, unpaid potential donors
of human milk.Serological testing
for syphilis, HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C,
human T
cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV - 1) and
human T
cell lymphotropic virus type 2 (HTLV - 2).
For a long time, insulin was not thought to play a direct role in regulating the milk - making cells of the human breast, because insulin is not needed for these cells to take in sugars, such as gluco
For a long time, insulin was not thought to play a direct role in regulating the milk - making
cells of the
human breast, because insulin is not needed
for these cells to take in sugars, such as gluco
for these
cells to take in sugars, such as glucose.
Breastfeeding is contraindicated in infants with classic galactosemia (galactose 1 - phosphate uridyltransferase deficiency) 103; mothers who have active untreated tuberculosis disease or are
human T -
cell lymphotropic virus type I — or II — positive104, 105; mothers who are receiving diagnostic or therapeutic radioactive isotopes or have had exposure to radioactive materials (
for as long as there is radioactivity in the milk) 106 — 108; mothers who are receiving antimetabolites or chemotherapeutic agents or a small number
of other medications until they clear the milk109, 110; mothers who are using drugs
of abuse («street drugs»); and mothers who have herpes simplex lesions on a breast (infant may feed from other breast if clear
of lesions).
Human milk is a bodily fluid which, apart from being an excellent nutritional source
for the growing infant, also contains a variety
of immune components such as antibodies, growth factors, cytokines, antimicrobial compounds, and specific immune
cells [9].
One
of the best talks
of this conference was given by Dr. Renee Reijo Pera, Professor and Director
of the Center
for Human Embryonic Stem
Cell Research at Stanford University.
Under the terms
of the bill, the resultant embryo could only be stored
for a maximum
of 14 days to produce stem
cells for research and could not be implanted in either a
human or animal uterus.
In November 2001, scientists from Advanced
Cell Technologies, a biotechnology company in Massachusetts, announced that they had cloned the first
human embryos
for the purpose
of advancing therapeutic research.
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.
The researchers detected this SMN long noncoding RNA, or lnc - RNA (pronounced «link RNA»)
for short, in
human embryonic kidney
cells, brain
cell samples and neurons derived from the stem
cells of healthy people and those with spinal muscular atrophy type I and II.