Sentences with phrase «into other types of proteins»

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IL - 17 attracted other immune cells called neutrophils — the most abundant type of white blood cell — to the conjunctiva and induced the release of anti-microbial proteins into the tears.

Studying mouse embryonic stem cells, they removed Grb2, a protein essential to the ability of the stem cell to transform into other cell types, from the cells.

The protein built from the gene was abundant while the cells were proliferating but abruptly disappeared when the cells began to differentiate, or turn into other types of cells.

By designing synthetic proteins that can only interact with a pre-determined partner, and introducing them into cells, the team revealed a key interaction that regulates the ability of embryonic stem cells to change into other cell types.

We're manipulating genes in the cell nucleus to produce specific proteins, changing the normal recipe for growth and maturation, and transforming adult cells into a new type of cell with the ability to morph into any other cell type,» said Cooke, senior author and chair of the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences.

It is higher in calcium than other types of protein and allows for a steady release of nutrients into the bloodstream.