Sentences with phrase «harm human cells»

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Raising concerns about potential harm to human health, other recent research has shown that some metal nanoparticles can damage DNA or kill cells.

Now a team led by Robin Weiss of London's Institute of Cancer Research reports that the «PK» porcine endogenous retrovirus, which does not appear to harm pigs, can replicate in mink and human cells.

As human cells do not contain the bd - type oxidase, the question of the ability to combat disease - causing bacteria without causing harm to the human body becomes relevant.

They and others say that the technique should satisfy people who object to stem cell research on the grounds that it harms potential human life.

The scientists found that, at certain concentrations, one of the compounds of the series selectively killed human ovarian cancer cells without harming healthy cells.

And when he checked, Avivi found that the fibroblasts and their secretions didn't harm healthy human cells.

But to rid infected cells of HIV, Temple University researchers Kamel Khalili and Wenhui Hu customized a new gene - editing method called CRISPR to snip out the entire HIV genome without harming any human genes.

But when billions of toxic cells come together, they can poison humans, kill marine life, and economically harm coastal communities.

Although a clause in the law that funds NIH prevents the agency from funding research that would harm or destroy an embryo, a lawyer at the Department of Health and Human Services ruled in 1999 that because stem cells — which can grow ad infinitum in culture — are not themselves embryos, the NIH could fund work with cells that were derived by privately funded researchers or researchers overseas.

While past attempts to treat melanoma failed to meet expectations, an international team of researchers are hopeful that a compound they tested on both mice and on human cells in a petri dish takes a positive step toward creating a drug that can kill melanoma cancer cells without harming nearby healthy cells.

His recent published work describes the rescued visual function in animals using retinal pigment epithelial cells derived from human embryonic stem cells and a method for deriving stem cells using a single - cell approach that does not harm embryos.

A strain of bacteria that commonly lives on the human skin produces 6 - HAP that can kill cancer cells without harming other cells.

Tests on animals and humans alike show that HAMLET kills over 40 different types of cancer cells, all without harming healthy cells.