Sentences with phrase «how cells control»

More broadly, this landmark discovery has illuminated an unexplored avenue in scientists» understanding of how cells control gene expression, and will indubitably incite a fresh wave of innovation in this ever growing field.

«New view on how cells control what comes in and out.»

The finding could reveal much about how cells control gene activity, and also illuminate cancer, multiple sclerosis, and other diseases spurred by faulty gene expression.

Fresh insights into how our cells control muscle development could aid understanding of muscular dystrophy and other inherited diseases.

«It takes about one hour for the virus to complete the process, but questions remain about how the cells control this precision in timing.»

In his second semester, he started doing research in three different labs, including that of Carolyn Decker, a molecular biologist who was investigating how the cell controls gene expression through the destruction of messenger RNA.

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If we don't control our cells dividing, blood circulating, heart beating, bowel movements, breathing, etc., then how is it that we can control our destiny?

It's no secret that technology can help us stay organized and in control — without our trusty cell phones or tablets, how would we check social media, know our bank balance, and respond to emails at a moment's notice?

She and her colleagues knew that chromatin regulators — which control how genetic material gains access to a cell's transcriptional machinery — were key to treating the social deficits in ASD, but the challenge was to know how to affect key risk factors at once.

RNA molecules can attach to particular DNA sequences to help control how much protein these particular genes produce within a given time, and within a given cell.

The scientists also discovered that the stem cells released tiny packets of microRNA, bits of genetic material that control how genes function.

«Computerized biology, or how to control a population of cells with a computer.»

Dr Nachbur said faults in how the NOD2 pathway was controlled could enable the cell to continue to cause inflammation long after the bacterial threat has passed, leading to chronic inflammatory diseases.

A protein called YAP1 was previously shown to contribute to the growth of lung cancer cells; however, it was unknown how YAP1 controls lung cancer growth and progression.

Now, a research team at Lund University in Sweden has uncovered a completely new mechanism that controls how proteins are produced to direct stem cell function.

«The key point here is that we can say something about how the gene acts to influence this behavior — that is, is by functioning as a chemical messenger in cells that control this behavior in the brain.

«If we learn how to control dendritic cells, we could strengthen our immune response to infection when needed, or weaken the action of certain immune cells that attack the body's own tissues in autoimmune disease.»

«We also study how to control living muscle tissue by electrical stimulation of the cell,» he says.

Q1s create the pore that the potassium flows through and the E1s control how slowly that pore opens and closes, how many channels are on the cell surface of each cell and how they are regulated by drugs.

By tweaking different fly genes and counting how many neuron types were produced as the flies matured, the team identified a network of five genes that work together like coordinated control switches to guide the precursor cells» transformation to mature neurons.

Researchers know that shape is determined by the cell wall, yet little is known about how bacteria monitor and control it.

By controlling how the cells assemble, the researchers engineered films that carry out a wide range of motor functions.

The discovery of a new mechanism that controls the way nerve cells in the brain communicate with each other to regulate our learning and long - term memory could have major benefits to understanding how the brain works and what goes wrong in neurodegenerative disorders such as epilepsy and dementia.

Although the researchers don't know precisely how the chaperone molecule works, the difference was unmistakable: Less than 40 % of cells treated with gene therapy had clumps, compared to 70 % of controls.

The newly unmasked genes play a role in three distinctively different bodily functions, including systems that control inflammation and cholesterol and the regulation of how brain cells clean up toxic proteins.

Now, Johns Hopkins scientists report direct evidence in mice for how those cell clusters control sleep and relay light cues about night and day throughout the body.

Researchers are using the sea hare model to learn about individual cells function, discover the chemical pathways controlling various brain activities and to study how memories are processed and stored.

Biotech's latest mantra is «proteomics,» as it focuses on how dynamic networks of human proteins control cells and tissues

One describes how proteins are made, and the other instructs the cell on how genes are controlled.

It seems to control how many times cells in the cerebral cortex can divide, which controls how much space there is for neurons.

They also plan to evolve the chemistry behind the materials so that it may be possible for gels to better mimic more complex cellular environments beyond the control of stiffness alone, as well as investigate how dynamic changes in matrix properties — a hallmark of the stem cell niche — can be mimicked in the laboratory.

In their efforts to conquer the aging process, researchers are zeroing in on one specific part of the cell: mitochondria, the energy - generating organelles that control our metabolism and, it seems, help regulate how long we live.

mTOR controls a process that determines how large our cells are and how many cells we have.

A multicenter team of researchers reports that a full genomic analysis of tumor samples from a small number of people who died of pancreatic cancer suggests that chemical changes to DNA that do not affect the DNA sequence itself yet control how it operates confer survival advantages on subsets of pancreatic cancer cells.

Fisher's goal was to understand how to strike down the skin cells called melanocytes when they inexplicably go out of control and cause melanoma.

The team's next step is to zoom in on the molecular mechanisms that control how the Wnt signaling pathway interacts with the nail stem cells to influence bone and nail growth.

But while this study has proved that the technique works in a simple organism, it could also be applied to other bacterial species, yeast or even human cells to find useful information about how genes are controlled and how they can be manipulated.

By examining the cell cultivation dishes, the researchers were able to observe how the patients» cells behaved and developed from stem cells to nerve cells and compare them with cells from healthy controls.

Scientists at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute have uncovered new insights into how stem cells transform into brain cells that control leg movements.

Still unclear is how the methuselah gene mutation makes flies more stress - resistant, but the amino acid sequence of the protein it makes may be part of a signaling pathway that controls how well cells resist or repair these stresses.

Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers have discovered that a particular type of protein (hormone) found in fat cells helps regulate how glucose (blood sugar) is controlled and metabolized (used for energy) in the liver.

It plays an important role in how cells sense their neighbors and, by controlling gene expression, determines which cells should develop into different types and how much they should grow - like a master controller.»

However, some experts warn that it's far from clear how many holders of existing hES cell lines will be willing to relinquish even partial control of one of biomedicine's hottest commodities.

Further studies showed that very similar genes controlled the process in animal and human cells, and also helped piece together how the genes work together to keep the cell's recycling centers running.

In prior, unrelated experiments, the same species of worm had become hypersensitive to smell when its nerve cells experienced problems with dopamine signaling, a cellular process that helps control how readily cells can communicate with one another.

This result reflected earlier findings that ILC and T cell subclasses produce similar sets of cytokines, but also revealed differences in how the two cell types control the activities of these key immune response genes.

The laboratory of Marcos Malumbres, who is head of the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre's (CNIO) Cell Division & Cancer Group, working alongside Isabel Fariñas» team from the University of Valencia, shows, in a study published today in the journal Nature Communications, how in mice the elimination of the Cdh1 protein — a sub-unit of the APC / C complex, involved in the control of cell division — prevents cellular proliferation of rapidly dividing ceCell Division & Cancer Group, working alongside Isabel Fariñas» team from the University of Valencia, shows, in a study published today in the journal Nature Communications, how in mice the elimination of the Cdh1 protein — a sub-unit of the APC / C complex, involved in the control of cell division — prevents cellular proliferation of rapidly dividing cecell division — prevents cellular proliferation of rapidly dividing cells.

The last area is tools for analyzing the cell, understanding how to control it.

Working with mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs), scientists at the IBS Center for RNA Research have come one step closer to understand how to control induced pluripotent stem cells.

Lieberman, Dotiwala and their team were particularly struck by how much the granzyme - sparked cascade resembles apoptosis, a controlled form of cellular suicide that helps eliminate damaged or potentially cancerous cells.