Sentences with phrase «help cells repair»

anti-inflammatory superhero rich in antioxidants, blueberries decrease systemic inflammation and help cells repair quickly

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Unlike chemotherapy, which involves administering powerful drugs that kill both cancerous and healthy cells (most healthy cells can repair themselves), immunotherapies harness the power of the immune system to help it identify and knock out just the cancerous cells.

Its drug Niraparib kills cancer cells by inhibiting the production of proteins called PARPs, which help repair damaged DNA strands, thereby hastening the death of some types of cancer cells.

It is also rich in certain proteins, which are essential for cell repair, speeding up healing time, which helps to make your skin look fresher and more radiant.

BCAAs can be used by muscle cells as an energy source, which may help offset muscle breakdown during endurance exercise and help support recovery and repair after weight training.

Kiwis are a super super food, rich in antioxidant vitamin C that helps repairs cells.

Although this protein doesn't contain all the essential amino acids, it does contribute to your total daily protein intake to help with cell repair and growth.

The fat in the coconut oil can also help repair damaged skin cells as well.

Dark Cocoa Powder — high level of antioxidants that promote cell repair, helps firm & prevent wrinkles, high vitamin & mineral content, increased hydration, decreased skin roughness, increased defense of UV damage.

Lentils are high in fiber that can help to stabilize blood sugar levels and a fantastic source of protein to repair cells after a workout.

Protein plays many important roles, such as repairing the body's cells, building and repairing muscles, helping build and maintain bones, and helping control many metabolic processes.

Carrots have high levels of beta carotene, which acts as an antioxidant to help repair the cell damage that occurs through daily living.

They would get stem cells to help repair their body.

One research group investigating this possibility followed the activity of fetal microchimeric cells in a mother rat after the maternal heart was injured: they discovered that the fetal cells migrated to the maternal heart and differentiated into heart cells helping to repair the damage.

A 2009 study by the same researchers showed that NF - kB helps normal cells in DNA repair, which may prevent them from harming the body.

The stem - cell - derived bone tissue helped repair cranial bone defects in mice without developing tumors or causing infection.

Prompted by studies suggesting immune responses can help repair the nervous system, Kipnis and his colleagues created mice that lack CD4 cells, a kind of T - cell.

Next, the research team will examine specifically whether these liver cells obtained from human embryonic stem cells in a dish help repair injured livers in preclinical animal models of liver disease.

Studies in rats and dogs have already demonstrated that olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs), which insulate bundles of nerve cells, can help repair damage to the spinal cord and nerves leading to animals» paws.

However, ChABC gene therapy decreased the presence of these cells and increased the presence of other immune cells called M2 macrophages that help to reduce inflammation and enhance tissue repair.

The hope was that these cells would develop into neural cells and help repair the nerve damage to the woman's spine.

But scientists at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (LKSOM) now think they can help overcome that problem, thanks to their discovery of a small molecule that selectively kills BRCA - deficient cancer cells by blocking the activity of an alternative DNA repair pathway.

«DNA repair helps thwart cancer and keep the cell in top shape — it is usually all in a day's work within each cell,» Dr. Durocher adds.

Blood stem cells can occasionally become muscle cells and help repair damaged tissue, new research finds.

In previous research, this team of University of Alberta researchers found that PRC1 complex helps to repair DNA damage in cancer cells.

According to Dr. Smith, at least one patient comes through the North Shore - LIJ Health System each year who can't be helped by the two traditional methods, and he expects in the next five years to harvest a patient's cells, grow them on a scaffolding, and repair a windpipe.

Since the same stem cells are responsible for helping heal the skin after injury, the study raises the possibility that Tregs may play a key role in wound repair as well.

However, when cells at the ends of the crypt are damaged, stem cells move up the crypt to help repair the damage.

THE METHODS In 2000, Gerard Karsenty, a molecular geneticist at Columbia University in New York City, discovered that leptin, a hormone made by fat cells, helps mold and repair the skeleton by acting upon bone - building cells called osteoblasts.

Targeting these «brakes» could help trigger the repair and regeneration of heart cells.

Their breakthrough, published today in the scientific journal PLoS Biology, could eventually help develop tools to repair nerve cells following injuries to the nervous system (such as the brain and spinal cord).

Microglial cells normally help with repair in the body, but when over-activated they can promote unhealthy inflammation.

Mitochondria help injured muscle cells (myofibers) repair by soaking up calcium that enters from the site of injury and using it to trigger increased production of reactive oxygen species.

«While reducing DNA repair in bacteria could help to overcome antibiotic resistance, we're also excited about the prospect of boosting DNA repair in human cells,» says Nudler, also an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

When normal, EMSY, BRCA1 and BRCA2 give the body's cells instructions to create proteins that help to repair DNA damage that can cause cancer.

The new technology, developed by Salk scientists and published in Neuron, is helping researchers understand how spinal cord cells make connections with motor neurons, and how clinicians might be able to repair those connections in patients with spinal cord injuries or neurodegenerative diseases like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

«How cells adapt to help repair damage: Genetic processes that allow cells to transform so they can mend damaged nerves have been identified by scientists.»

The researchers found that many of the genes the phages carry and transfer are beneficial to the bacteria; some may help them repair cell walls, for example.

Researchers initially tried to understand why the brain's stem cells, which normally help repair brain damage, are unresponsive in Alzheimer's disease.

Cardiologist Dr. Leslie Miller discusses the vital role of adult stem cells in helping the body repair itself as well as the potential benefits of cell therapy as an alternative option if you are living with symptoms of a chronic condition such as coronary artery disease or osteoarthritis that affect your ability to live a normal life.

His findings could help researchers devise ways to repair or replace damaged tissues by directing cells into specific differentiation paths.

That defect may represent a previously unrecognized mechanism that aids in developing diabetes, Kahn says, as well as helping to explain the problems in wound healing, tissue repair and even beta - cell growth that are common among people with diabetes.

The protein MSH3 performs an important function in cells, searching out and helping to repair genetic mistakes and damaged DNA.

In dividing cells, BRCA1 helps repair a type of DNA damage known as double - strand breaks that can occur when cells are injured.

For example, such cells might help repair a broken heart.

Deepak Srivastava writes about how by helping cells switch their type, we may have discovered a new way to repair damaged hearts, and potentially revolutionize the future of medicine.

Doctors at Okyanos utilize a specifically developed Okyanos protocol for opening up the blood brain barrier to help deliver stem cells directly to the brain; a technique that has been proven effective in independent studies This enables doctors to target your stem cells inside the brain to re-establish blood flow and repair damaged nerve cells (neurons) as well as target the restoration of myelin, halting the future progression of symptoms.

Cardiac cell therapy helps restore blood flow and repair damaged heart tissue without the risk of rejection.

Their technique has shed light on how cells repair DNA strand breaks, which could help scientists learn how to protect astronauts from cosmic rays as well as refine radiotherapy protocols designed to kill tumors.

Basic scientists show stem cells help repair damaged tissue and organs.