Sentences with phrase «into cell behavior»

High - throughput data acquisition streamlines complex experiments, while simple protocols for multiplexed analysis provide deeper insight into cell behavior.

This insight into cell behavior could help researchers better understand cell jamming and unjamming, which could lead to potential treatments for conditions such as developmental abnormalities, asthma, and cancer.

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Neurobiology is the study of cells of the nervous system and the organization of these cells into functional circuits that process information and mediate behavior.

When injected into mice engineered with a tau mutation that makes the protein clump abnormally in brain cells, triggering memory and motor problems, the antibodies reduced the clumping and improved the animals» behavior.

In cancer cells, the protein networks that control the behavior are changed in such a way as to cause the cells to lose control and break away — a mutated skin cell, for instance, might then migrate into the bloodstream.

As Pardridge studied the protein more carefully, he realized that it transports essential insulin into the cell and then out the other side, from which point the hormone travels into the brain to help regulate eating behavior.

The distribution of fluorescent daughter cells can be used to create a mathematical model of blood formation, which can provide new insights into the behavior of stem cells.

Reichert says that such ultrathin layers of water are a common phenomenon, and understanding the behavior of HDL and LDL water may lead to insights into water's behavior in diverse situations, from ice skating to ion movement across biological cell walls.

And it's essential to understand how neurobiological processing conducted by molecules and cells and electrical signaling gets translated into behaviors, from simple bodily movements to complex social interactions.

Greber and his team infected human cells in culture with the chemically labeled viruses, and observed the behavior of the viral DNA during entry into cells.

«This year's Nobel Laureates have been studying this fundamental problem and solved the mystery of how an inner clock in most of our cells in our bodies can anticipate daily fluctuations between night and day to optimize our behavior and physiology... since the paradigm shifting discoveries by Hall, Rosbash and Young, circadian biology has developed into a highly dynamic research field with vast implications for our health and well - being.»

In a study spanning molecular genetics, stem cells and the sciences of both brain and behavior, researchers at University of California San Diego, with colleagues at the Salk Institute of Biological Studies and elsewhere, have created a neurodevelopmental model of a rare genetic disorder that may provide new insights into the underlying neurobiology of the human social brain.

Learning about cells» social interactions may give researchers new ways to peer pressure cells into good behavior.

They then tested the behavior of human tumor cells with and without HOXA5 by injecting those cells into the mammary fat pad of mice.

When they put stem cells into this viscoelastic microenvironment and tuned the rate at which the gel relaxed, they observed dramatic changes in the behavior and differentiation of the cells.

Second, the report recommends banning research that attempts to transplant enough human - derived neural cells into a nonhuman primate to prompt human - like behavior.

Exosomes are tiny packets of proteins, microRNA and nucleic acids that cells emit into their environment to both communicate with neighboring cells and influence their behavior.

The information gathered by your senses is transmitted by nerve cells, or neurons, to specific brain regions where the signal is routed through circuits and sent downstream to areas that essentially translate the information into behavior and get you back on track.

However, when forced to express the eye field transcription factor (EFTF) genes, the cells differentiate into all seven retinal cell classes and eventually organize themselves into a functioning eye that can detect light and guide tadpoles in a vision - based behavior.

This research makes use of single - molecular fluorescence imaging technology to visualize and analyze the behavior of exogenous DNA that were introduced into the cell from outside.

Often, their behavior does not reflect their biological function within an entire organ or organism, which, for example, turns studying human liver cells into a big challenge.

Using the spinal cord as a model, Jessell deciphered at the molecular level how different types of nerve cells are generated, as well as the steps that drive their assembly into the circuits mediating motor coordination and reflexive behaviors.

Dec. 6, 2016 — A new microfluidic device containing human cells that faithfully mimics the behavior of the blood - brain barrier is providing new insights into brain inflammation, the silent killer.

Core areas of research at the institute include work on brain - computer interfaces to aid patients with spinal injury and paralysis; innovative advances in computational neuroscience to address behavior and mood disorders; and research into mechanisms of cell death as part of efforts to identify therapies for neurodegenerative diseases that include amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Alzheimer's.

Moreover, he said, «It's the first time we've really gained insight into a particular cell's and molecular pathway's roles in complex behavior across such diverse species.»

An unusual collaboration between cell and developmental biologists and physicists at UNC - Chapel Hill is providing insights into the relationship between the physical properties of cells and the signals that influence cell behavior.