Sentences with phrase «human ear cell»

TWO types of human ear cell have been grown in the lab from fetal stem cells.

Not exact matches

An ear scaffold, left, provides the structure to grow human cells.A kidney stripped of cells, right, awaits an injection of human kidney cells, part of the process of engineering a new organ.

Today stem cells have been used to grow ears, tracheae, and bladders; tomorrow it will be just about any tissue, any structure, of the human body.

Oysters don't have ears like humans, but hair cells similar to ones in the inner ear are found on the gills.

10 According to a University of Bristol study, male mosquito «ears» are packed with about as many sensory cells as human ears, helping amorous mosquito males identify and pursue passing females.

It is surprising to find that a single gene (ESRP), through its ancestral biological role (cell adherence and motility) has been used throughout the animal scale for very different purposes: from the immune system of an echinoderm to the lips, lungs or inner ears of humans,» states professor Jordi Garcia - Fernàndez, of the University of Barcelona's Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics and the IBUB.

The shared gene allows zebrafish to sense water flow direction, and it also helps cells inside the human ear sense a range of sounds.

The current research team, which includes Dr. Minoda and Dr. Hiroki Takeda of Kumamoto University, and several researchers from Keio University, have successfully grafted human iPS - derived cells into the inner ear of embryonic mice, a feat with a high level of technical difficulty.

By culturing human stem cells in this manner and treating them with specific signaling molecules, the investigators were able to guide cells through key processes involved in the development of the human inner ear.

Human inner ear organoid with sensory hair cells (cyan) and sensory neurons (yellow).

Targeting the labeled cells for analysis, they revealed that their organoids contained a population of sensory cells that have the same functional signature as cells that detect gravity and motion in the human inner ear.

«This is essentially a recipe for how to make human inner ears from stem cells,» said Dr. Koehler, lead author of the study and whose research lab works on modeling human development.

First, the research team succeeded in efficiently inducing inner ear cells expressing inner ear specific proteins, such as CONNEXIN 26, CONNEXIN 30, and PENDRIN, from human iPS cells.

Stem cells from human ears have successfully been grown into chunks of cartilage that could replace the synthetic materials currently used in surgery.

Furthermore, this study revealed that cells derived from humans can be grafted into the heterozygous inner ear of mouse embryos.

In humans, deafness is most often caused by damage to inner ear hair cells — so named because they sport hairlike cilia that bend when they encounter vibrations from sound waves — or by damage to the neurons that transmit that information to the brain.

A 3 - D scan of a human ear produces a detailed computer model and then the polymer containing living cells can be mixed and synched with a computer for printing.

Year 4 Science Assessments Objectives covered: Recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways Explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local and wider environment Recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things Describe the simple functions of the basic parts of the digestive system in humans Identify the different types of teeth in humans and their simple functions Construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey Compare and group materials together, according to whether they are solids, liquids or gases Observe that some materials change state when they are heated or cooled, and measure or research the temperature at which this happens in degrees Celsius (°C) Identify the part played by evaporation and condensation in the water cycle and associate the rate of evaporation with temperature Identify how sounds are made, associating some of them with something vibrating Recognise that vibrations from sounds travel through a medium to the ear Find patterns between the pitch of a sound and features of the object that produced it Find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations that produced it Recognise that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source increases Identify common appliances that run on electricity Construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers Identify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit, based on whether or not the lamp is part of a complete loop with a battery Recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this with whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuit Recognise some common conductors and insulators, and associate metals with being good conductors

Dog ears contain mast cells, just like the mast cells contained in the respiratory systems of humans.

There are mast cells concentrated in the dog's ear canals, just like the mast cells in humans» respiratory tracts.