Sentences with phrase «individual cells in the body»

Even an individual cell in our bodies is a responsive entity whose behavior can be studied in tissue culture.

The motion of individual cells in the body or the transport of charge carriers in energy storage systems can be understood only in the context of the particular environment.

«Individual cells in the body are able to keep track of time using their biological clocks, including immune cells that respond to infectious diseases.

Not exact matches

In clinical trials the treatment — which involves extracting individual patients» immune T - cells, modifying them to seek out tell - tale biological markers associated with blood cancers like aggressive lymphoma, and then pumping those modified killer cells back into the body — has shown major promise, in some cases eliminating all signs of the cancer in patients six months after treatmenIn clinical trials the treatment — which involves extracting individual patients» immune T - cells, modifying them to seek out tell - tale biological markers associated with blood cancers like aggressive lymphoma, and then pumping those modified killer cells back into the body — has shown major promise, in some cases eliminating all signs of the cancer in patients six months after treatmenin some cases eliminating all signs of the cancer in patients six months after treatmenin patients six months after treatment.

This argument, however, falls, because we have shown that although a body, say, a plant, can accomplish what the individual cells in it can not do, e.g., flower and bear fruit, still, the plant needs the ground as its «other.»

Evidence of the fact that union differentiates is to be seen all round us — in the bodies of all higher forms of life, in which the cells become almost infinitely complicated according to the variety of tasks they have to perform; in animal associations, where the individual «polymerises» itself, one might say, according to the function it is called upon to fulfil; in human societies, where the growth of specialization becomes ever more intense; and in the field of personal relationships, where friends and lovers can only discover all that is in their minds and hearts by communicating them to one another.

In general it seems that we can be sure there are souls only where there are central nervous systems providing sufficient stimulus in some locus in an animal body for a unified experience to emerge far more complex than that of individual molecules or cellIn general it seems that we can be sure there are souls only where there are central nervous systems providing sufficient stimulus in some locus in an animal body for a unified experience to emerge far more complex than that of individual molecules or cellin some locus in an animal body for a unified experience to emerge far more complex than that of individual molecules or cellin an animal body for a unified experience to emerge far more complex than that of individual molecules or cells.

One difference between God and all non-divine individuals is that God knows each «cell» of the divine body in a perfectly distinct fashion whereas others experience their cells en masse, much as one sees the green of the grass but not each blade.

We see Nature combining molecules and cells in the living body to construct separate individuals, and the same Nature, stubbornly pursuing the same course but on a higher level, combining individuals in social organisms to obtain a higher order of psychic results.

The figure of the church as the body of Christ, in which the individual cells have no direct relation to the head, needs to be complemented by the figure of the people of God, in which the individual persons can have direct access to their Lord.

Every individual part may change and pass away, like cells in a body, but the one self goes on.

Usually, the G6PD enzyme in the body PROTECTS the red blood cells from damage by these byproducts... but when an individual is G6PD deficient, that layer of protection is not there in sufficient quantity.

If the body can not produce insulin (as is the case in people with type 1 diabetes), or if the cells ignore or resist insulin (as is common in type 2 individuals), blood glucose levels rise, sparking the crippling complications of diabetes.

«We found that these individual cells in themselves are not body detectors: they respond to specific, frequently found characteristics of bodies, such as the curve of an elbow or a part of a leg.

Collins said that because Hydra is such a simple animal and because it is able to regenerate after complete dissociation into individual cells, it offers researchers the opportunity to use similar techniques as the ones employed in their experiments to examine how an organism develops from an unstructured group of cells into a complex body plan.

These individual transcriptomes can be used to define cell types and to understand the functions of healthy and diseased cells in the human body.

In a new study published in Science Advances, a group of University of Wisconsin - Madison researchers show that individual cells in the human body have an armament designed to prevent HCMV from achieving and maintaining this latency, to shine a spotlight on the virus so the immune system knows to fighIn a new study published in Science Advances, a group of University of Wisconsin - Madison researchers show that individual cells in the human body have an armament designed to prevent HCMV from achieving and maintaining this latency, to shine a spotlight on the virus so the immune system knows to fighin Science Advances, a group of University of Wisconsin - Madison researchers show that individual cells in the human body have an armament designed to prevent HCMV from achieving and maintaining this latency, to shine a spotlight on the virus so the immune system knows to fighin the human body have an armament designed to prevent HCMV from achieving and maintaining this latency, to shine a spotlight on the virus so the immune system knows to fight.

A large body of research has reported that Nanog is allelically regulated — that is, only one copy of the gene is expressed at any given time — and fluctuations in its expression are responsible for the differences seen in individual embryonic stem (ES) cells» predilection to differentiate into more specialized cells.

In the early 20th century physiologist Sir Henry Dale hypothesized that an individual neuron releases the same classical neurotransmitter from all its axons, the spindly branches that jut out from the main cell body.

Now, a new approach developed by Dr. Ekaterina Galanzha of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock and her colleagues allows for labeling and tracking of individual circulating cancer cells throughout the body, thereby helping researchers elucidate the pathways of single cells from start to finish.

The phenomenon is called microchimerism, a condition in which a small number of cells from two individuals coexist in one body.

In a related Comment published today in The Lancet, Jonathan Barasch, MD, PhD, professor of medicine and pathology and cell biology at CUMC, and colleagues Drs. Joseph Bonventre (Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital) and Richard Zager (University of Washington Medicine) explain that the blood test, which measures serum creatinine — a waste product that is removed by the kidneys and excreted in urine — only offers a snapshot of the kidney's function at a given moment, which can vary depending on individual factors such as body size and muscle masIn a related Comment published today in The Lancet, Jonathan Barasch, MD, PhD, professor of medicine and pathology and cell biology at CUMC, and colleagues Drs. Joseph Bonventre (Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital) and Richard Zager (University of Washington Medicine) explain that the blood test, which measures serum creatinine — a waste product that is removed by the kidneys and excreted in urine — only offers a snapshot of the kidney's function at a given moment, which can vary depending on individual factors such as body size and muscle masin The Lancet, Jonathan Barasch, MD, PhD, professor of medicine and pathology and cell biology at CUMC, and colleagues Drs. Joseph Bonventre (Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital) and Richard Zager (University of Washington Medicine) explain that the blood test, which measures serum creatinine — a waste product that is removed by the kidneys and excreted in urine — only offers a snapshot of the kidney's function at a given moment, which can vary depending on individual factors such as body size and muscle masin urine — only offers a snapshot of the kidney's function at a given moment, which can vary depending on individual factors such as body size and muscle mass.

Dr. Adrian Salic's laboratory at Harvard Medical School chemically modified the antibiotic puromycin in a way that made it possible to visualize and quantify the amount of protein synthesized by individual cells within the body.

Aside from the occasional somatic mutation, the genome of every cell in an individual's body is largely preserved.

To understand the functions of our body organs in health and disease, it is necessary to study the molecular composition of individual cells that make up the organ's cell communities in the organs.

«In a young, healthy individual, hypoxia — low oxygen levels — triggers the body to make factors that help coordinate the growth of new blood vessels but this process doesn't work as well as we age,» says Gregg Semenza, M.D., Ph.D., professor of pediatrics and genetic medicine and director of the vascular biology program at the Johns Hopkins Institute for Cell Engineering.

«The average healthy individual carries trillions of microorganisms in and on their body, outnumbering human cells.

The stem and regenerative cells stored in your body fat could be likened to small «physicians» who diagnose and correct individual areas of the body in need of special attention.

These cells could be likened to small «physicians» who diagnose and correct individual areas of the body in need of special attention.

In contrast to germline variants, somatic variants are not propagated to the whole individual but to a subpopulation of cells in the body, with the final consequence that adult human tissues are a mosaic of genetically different cellIn contrast to germline variants, somatic variants are not propagated to the whole individual but to a subpopulation of cells in the body, with the final consequence that adult human tissues are a mosaic of genetically different cellin the body, with the final consequence that adult human tissues are a mosaic of genetically different cells.

These cells could be likened to small «doctors» who diagnose and correct individual areas of the body in need of special attention.

In the next step, all cells receive messages throughout the body via their individual receptors.

In this way, insulin sensitivity is defined by how much insulin is needed to store blood glucose within the cells of the body — healthy people need a much smaller amount of insulin to store a certain amount of glucose than insulin resistant individuals, and the latter have higher levels of both blood glucose and insulin.

As a person gets older and the growth hormone production slows down, and individual notice and begin experiencing certain symptoms like the degeneration of cells and tissues, poor functioning of certain organs in the body, a slow rate of conversion of body fat for energy and a decrease of muscle development, and low energy.

Squamous cell carcinomas in darker - skinned individuals tend to appear on areas of the body that don't get sun exposure, he adds.

Our cells in our bodies are constantly reproducing, nature is continually regenerating and growing, and as individuals, life causes each of us to change and evolve, providing our partners with more to discover and learn about us.

As long as the levels of water and the levels of salt in the body keep each other in check, your individual cells will remain in good shape.

Even in healthy individuals, prolonged high levels of insulin caused by consuming free sugars and highly processed starches, has been shown to increase inflammation in the body.2 And inflammation in the body can also trigger depression.3 By reducing or eliminating free sugars in your diet, you'll be able to reduce inflammation throughout your body's cells and tissues, 4 and ward off unsavory diseases.

Bioelectrical impedance vector analysis (BIVA) expresses tissue hydration status and body cell mass solely while considering the impedance vector relative to a population of healthy individuals (24); this was a valid method for detecting changes in hydration (classified as under -, normal or overhydration) and body fluid volume changes (25).

Foods high in antioxidants work throughout the body to fight free radicals, unstable oxygen molecules that damage individual cell DNA and that can cause a host of problems.

This, in turn, reduces blood flow to the entire body (including the brain) and reduces oxygen delivered to the individual cells.

In short, leptin causes the body — and individual muscle cells — to transform fat into waste heat, thereby slimming down the cells and the body.

Potassium is one of them and this mineral is important as it makes its presence in every individual cell of our body.

Each and every individual cell of your body require a good amount of potassium in their stream to perform at their fullest potential.

The following hypotheses were developed: cell phone use would be positively associated with sedentary activity and inversely associated with physical activity; additionally, cell phone use would be inversely associated with cardiorespiratory fitness independent of known correlates (sex, body fat percentage, and self - efficacy for physical activity - an individual's belief in their ability to participate in physical activity).

As Lucy's body and mind are rapidly evolving, her individual cells want to fall off on their own — bits of her start flying away in the airplane washroom — and she knows she has about 24 hours to stay alive, which makes this one of those time - ticking movies like Crank or Speed.

In addition, the basic cell of the cabin and individual body parts such as the doors are identical.

It uses over a hundred individual cells to trap warm air and conform to your body in case you move around while you sleep.

The therapeutic laser provides energy to stimulate individual cells deep within tissues, giving the cells more energy to optimize its own role in the body's natural healing process.

Other artists seminal in using the body as a metaphor for psychological conditions are Bruce Nauman, whose severed heads are forever frustrated in their inability to communicate with the rest of the body, and Louise Bourgeois, whose assemblages of cast body fragments and objects inside cubelike interiors, or «cells,» as she calls them, are the symbolic plasma of an individual.