Sentences with phrase «into tumor formation»

Niswander hopes her findings will provide insight into tumor formation, where cells don't die on cue.

Not exact matches

When the scientists inserted human colorectal cancer cells into zebrafish embryos and allowed them to grow for 4 days, the resulting tumors showed three hallmarks of human solid tumors: rapid cell division, formation of blood vessels to supply nutrients, and the ability to spread to other locations in the body.

Under the microscope, it is possible to identify invasion of the tumor into the lymph and blood vessels, this being the tumor behaviour responsible for the formation of metastases, so that it can be used as a prognostic factor.

Mayo Clinic researchers now have discovered that Pten safeguards against tumor formation by keeping chromosome numbers intact when a cell splits into two daughter cells.

They found that injecting into the carotid artery breast cancer cells that express markers allowing them to enter the brain — cells labelled with bioluminescent and fluorescent markers to enable tracking by imaging technologies — resulted in the formation of many metastatic tumors throughout the brain, mimicking what is seen in advanced breast cancer patients.

They found that injecting patient - derived, brain - seeking melanoma cells into the carotid artery of these preclinical models resulted in the formation of many metastatic tumors throughout the brain, mimicking what is seen in advanced melanoma cancer patients.

Transplanting non-cardiac stem cells also increases the risk for tumor formation, as many of the cells turn into other cell types besides the target heart cells.

Knudson's revolutionary two - hit theory of cancer formation enabled me to discover the first imprinted tumor suppressor gene, the Insulin like Growth Factor 2 Receptor (IGF2R), propelling me into the field of epigenetics.

By putting E. coli bacteria into mice that were raised under sterile conditions, the team also found that the presence of E. coli promoted tumor formation.

Mr. Day divides immune mediated disease into four main groups — hypersensitivity diseases, autoimmune diseases, immune system neoplasia (the formation of tumors) and immunodeficiency diseases.