Sentences with phrase «helps cell tissue»

Part of the benefit of selenium being an antioxidant is that it helps cell tissue repair.

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

Millet is one of the least allergic grains out there and it's mineral and vitamin content helps boost energy and build healthy cells and tissue.

Drinking alkaline water regularly can help neutralize acid in the bloodstream and also removes acidic waste products from cells and tissues.

Protein is essential for basic bodily functions; it helps to build new cells whilst looking after the tissues within your body (which lets face it, is pretty essential).

In addition, the shedding of some breast tissue after lactation may help eliminate cells with potential DNA damage.

As the teeth are growing, the cells in the gum tissue above the teeth begin to break down, which helps the teeth slide through.

Instead, IsoLove re-hydrates tissue to normal, healthy levels, and helps maintain the integrity of the vaginal cell structure and ecosystem.

Some studies are pointing to the fact that the same systems that allow the fetal cells to help with milk production in a mother's breast tissue, also help evade her immune system.

Other kinds of congenital anomalies that are sometimes found with this condition are, as previously mentioned, Down Syndrome, shorter intestines than normal, lower birth weight, and an imbalance of electrolytes, which are the elements in the blood, tissue and cell fluid needed to help the person balance their energy.

In addition to helping supply oxygen to all tissues, these nutrients participate in cell division and protein synthesis, making them especially important during this time of rapid fetal growth.

While they're essential for helping the body fend off attacks, if something goes awry, B - cells can generate antibodies that attack healthy tissues.

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

With the help of stem cell technology, we are learning to make tissues from scratch.

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Abba Zubair, M.D., Ph.D, believes that cells grown in the International Space Station (ISS) could help patients recover from a stroke, and that it may even be possible to generate human tissues and organs in space.

To avoid the controversy surrounding these cells, scientists around the world have explored reprogramming mature cells to make them just as potent, with the hope being that such induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells might one day help replace diseased or damaged tissue.

Information encoded within these structures helps cells recognize each other and relay messages in virtually every tissue

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

Muscle stem cells which help replace damaged muscle tissue produce myoblasts that will either reproduce (proliferate) or form muscle tissue (differentiate).

Such images could help researchers learn how cancer cells invade other tissues.

When chlorotoxin is tagged with a fluorescent dye, it will illuminate a tumour — a trick that makes the surgeon's job easier by helping to pinpoint cancerous growth and ensure that all the cancerous cells are removed and healthy tissue spared.

Microglia are brain cells that help maintain the integrity and normal functioning of brain tissue.

What's more, the researchers discovered two years ago that the suppression of Esrp activity helps to enable a process called the epithelial - mesenchymal transition (EMT), in which epithelial cells acquire properties allowing them to detach and develop into new tissue.

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.

Neural stem cells (bottom left) harbor a double - stranded RNA molecule (white spots, bottom right) not present in other tissues (top) that helps them develop into neurons.

Saatchi, which is owned by France's Publicis Groupe, SA, chose LifeStraw over a field of competitors that included a reusable controller to improve the distribution of IV fluids, a collapsible wheel that can be folded down for easier storage when not in use on bicycles or wheelchairs, an energy - efficient laptop designed for children in developing countries, a 3 - D display that uses special optics and software to project a hologramlike image of patient anatomy for cancer treatment, an inkjet printing system for fabricating tissue scaffolds on which cells can be grown, a visual prosthesis for bypassing a diseased or damaged eye and sending signals directly to the brain, books with embedded sound tracks to help educate illiterate adults on health issues, a phone that provides telecommunications coverage to poor rural populations in developing countries, and a brain - computer interface designed to help paralyzed people communicate via neural signals.

Tumours spread with the help of enzymes called matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), which destroy the connective tissue between cells and organs, allowing tumour cells to break out of the original site and enter new ones.

The tissue, called the stroma, includes fat cells, or adipocytes, that provide padding; fibroblasts, which make the framework for tissue; pericytes in blood vessels, which are contractile cells that help regulate blood pressure; as well as myoepithelial cells comprising the outer layer of the ductal system through which milk flows.

It reproduces the lung's natural environment in the body, from the physical forces to the chemical soup — all to help manipulate stem cells to mature into specific tissue.

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

Cells isolated from human umbilical cord tissue have been shown to produce molecules that help retinal neurons from the eyes of rats grow, connect and survive, according to Duke University researchers working with Janssen Research & Development, LLC.

In experiments in mice and human cells, researchers found that blocking CXCR4 — a so - called homing receptor protein molecule that helps T cells mature and attracts blood cells to the bone marrow — halted disease progression in bone marrow and spleen tissue within two weeks.

The results help fill in the scientific puzzle kicked off by Dolly's cloning, which proved that mammalian egg cells were capable of dissolving the genetic roadblocks that limit the potential of most adult cells to give rise to only a single type of tissue — that of the organ from which they hail — whereas embryonic stem cells have the potential to become virtually any kind of body tissue.

To help the new organ withstand the assault from the recipient's natural defenses, doctors developed tissue type matching, a technique to determine if the chemistry of the donor's immune system, defined by antigens on the surface of cells, was similar to that of the recipient's.

Historically, clinicians evaluating a patient for transplant have sought to identify donor cells that are perfectly matched to the patient's cell type, which is considered to be the optimal approach to help ensure successful outcomes and to minimize risk of graft - versus - host disease (GVHD), a serious and potentially life - threatening complication that occurs when the donated immune cells attack the patient's cells as foreign tissue.

Recent advances in single - cell genomics technology has made it possible to separate individual cells from different tissues and organs, and measure the sets of RNA messages — called the transcriptome — which help give each cell its own identity.

«We suspect this communication system between adipose tissue and liver may have evolved to help fat cells command the liver to supply the body with glucose in times of nutrient deprivation.

«The Achilles heel of pancreatic cancer cells is their need for the surrounding tissue to structure them and help them to grow and move,» says Timpson.

The protrusions normally help healthy cells shift their location in the tissue that they are part of.

Each cell's particular combination of active and silent genes helps determine what kind of tissue it will give rise to — liver, heart, brain, and so on.

These findings may help explain why some people with mutations in certain ribosomal protein genes develop conditions such as Diamond - Blackfan anemia — a blood disorder in which the bone marrow doesn't make enough red blood cells — but don't have problems in other body tissues, Ware says.

Many tissues contain a reserve of stem cells that help them heal and self - renew after injury or inflammation.

The expression of another HOX gene, which helps specify what tissue sprouts a forelimb, was altered in the outer layer of cells in the python embryo.

Working copies of active genes — called messenger RNAs or mRNAs — are positioned strategically throughout living tissues, and their location often helps regulate how cells and tissues grow and develop.

«Our study has identified Paneth cells as initial virus sensors in the gut that may induce early gut inflammation, cause tissue damage and help spread the viral infection.

«Our finding runs counter to the belief that increasing the reactivity of astrocytes and other glial cells in the brain helps maintain tissue integrity following TBI.

Oregon State University scientists have developed a nanomedicine platform for cancer that can help doctors know which tissue to cut out as well as kill any malignant cells that can't be surgically removed.

This inflammation is important in the normal healing process, affecting tissue growth and blood flow changes that allow the tissue to heal; when the inflammation subsides, skin cells start growing to cover the wound and help the tissue knit together.

«Spinal cord regeneration might actually be helped by glial scar tissue: Research finds that nerve cells regrow better when glial scarring is left intact.»