Sentences with phrase «if human cancer cells»

We don't know if human cancer cells that lack Hsp90 also change their chromosomes.

Not exact matches

If further research confirms the findings in human cells, limiting the amount of asparagine cancer patients ingest could be a potential strategy to augment existing therapies and to prevent the spread of breast cancer, Knott added.

And if small RNAs influence cell division in humans as they do in yeast and Tetrahymena, minor disruptions in the machinery could lead to cancer.

A wide variety of conditions that affect human adults, with the notable exception of cancer and infections, could be aided if we could stimulate regeneration, argues Mark T. Keating, a professor of cell biology at Harvard Medical School.

One circuit senses levels of five different microRNAs, and if the levels match those typically found in human cervical cancer cells, the circuit produces a protein that kills the cell.

«If further studies validate that these processes are critical in human breast cancers,» Koshy notes, «the possibility exists that agents that favorably modify the biophysical properties of the extracellular matrix, or that target the receptors and signaling molecules associated with how cells sense this matrix, could be used as a new avenue for the prevention or treatment of breast cancers.»

Tadashi Matsuda of Hokkaido University and his colleagues in Japan investigated human prostate cancer cells to determine if there is an unknown up - regulation mechanism in the EGFR pathway.

If dealing with the public relations nightmare over its on - off - on funding of Planned Parenthood wasn't enough, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure cancer charity last week also got entangled, somewhat bizarrely, in the debate over human embryonic stem (ES) cell research.

If the engineered human T cells do produce a robust cancer attack — and don't generate toxicity by also attacking healthy cells — the next step would be clinical trials, He says.

Wang's team discovered that if human lung cancer cells in a lab dish in the presence of the receptor were treated with BCX, they migrated less than untreated ones.

If this technique proves successful, it could lead to better ways on how to modify the proteins in cells, or even eliminate cancer cells in humans.

Ab7291 staining alpha tubulin in human breast cancer cell line by ICC / IF (Immunocytochemistry / Immunofluorescence).

Waldman was beginning his PhD research in Vogelstein's lab at Johns Hopkins when he asked if he could try to «edit» genes in human cancer cells.

The project focuses on the study of human breast cancer cells, particularly if and how CNPs can target and deliver medication to specific cells.

Last year a study found that purple potatoes appeared to suppress both early and late stage human colon cancer cells in vitro, but only if they were fresh.

Concern about alkylphenols first surfaced decades ago when a group at Tufts observed an excessive proliferation of human breast cancer cells in certain types of plastic containers, something that would normally only be seen if the cells were exposed to some type of estrogen.