Sentences with phrase «isolated from the blood»

«We studied human T cells, isolated from blood donors of all ages, to compare mature cytotoxic T cells with naive ones,» said Philip Ansumana Hull, graduate student in Ott's lab and one of the first authors of the study.

Scientists have long thought that HIV infects only memory T cells, based on studies of T cells isolated from blood.

The skin assay has been developed using cells isolated from blood samples from a range of healthy volunteers.

DNA samples were isolated from blood cells, amplified by PCR and digested with Tru1l.

DNA was isolated from blood and bone marrow samples using the QIAamp DNA Blood Maxi Kit (Qiagen, Valencia, CA), and cDNA was synthesized from RNA using random hexamer priming.

Here, we performed whole - genome sequencing of paired isolates from the blood and CSF of 869 meningitis patients to determine whether such variation frequently occurs between these two niches in cases of bacterial meningitis.

Plasma miRNA was isolated from blood samples of 27 enrolled dogs divided into three groups: normal dogs with no age limit, dogs with asymptomatic MMVD, and dogs with MMVD - CHF.

Plasma Ex-miRNA was isolated from blood samples from 27 enrolled dogs divided into four groups: young, normal dogs less than 7 years old; old, normal dogs 7 years old or older; dogs with asymptomatic MMVD; and dogs with MMVD - CHF.

Both blood and urine will be used for diagnostic testing, and DNA will also be isolated from the blood for genetic analysis in order to detect possible mutations that are causing the disease.

The paramyxo virus can thus be isolated from blood and culturing can reveal the exact condition a dog may be experiencing.

Not exact matches

Instead, the industries we isolated are roughly ranked from best bets (environmental consulting) to slightly more risky ventures (blood banks and irrigation systems).

Researchers are actively at work creating less invasive tests to screen for chromosome disorders in developing babies, such as by isolating the baby's genetic material from samples of the mother's blood.

While the Vortex system is designed specifically for blood, the company is working with academic researchers to develop versions that could be used to isolate cells from other body fluids as well, such as cerebrospinal fluid and urine.

They isolated blood cells from HIV - positive patients on antiretroviral therapy and at different stages of disease progression, as well as cells from non-infected individuals.

Transgenic antithrombin was intended to improve supply and address concerns about pathogens in the form of the drug isolated from human blood.

Using a new analytical method, they identified which vertebrate species the bugs had parasitized by isolating fragments of DNA left over from blood meals.

Researchers have isolated exosomes from tumors and from blood of patients with breast cancer, and from blood of mice with human tumors grown after breast implantation in mice, called ortoxenogratfs.

Here, Qihui Wang and colleagues isolated 13 monoclonal antibodies from the blood of a Zika virus - infected patient returning from Venezuela to China.

Not so long ago, the blood - brain barrier was thought to isolate the brain from the immune system.

First, IgE antibodies from the patient's blood are isolated by interaction with magnetic beads that are coated with a different type of antibody.

Both groups isolated carefully characterized blood stem cells from genetically marked mice.

Umbilical cord tissue - derived cells (hUTC) differ from umbilical cord blood cells in that they are isolated from cord tissue itself, rather than the blood.

The researchers also analyzed specific immune cells called cytotoxic T cells isolated from the patients» blood and found increases in biomarkers indicative of immune activation.

Although Wyss - Coray's group has not yet isolated any rejuvenation factors from the young blood, they have found what might be an alternative.

The body releases chemicals that cause blood vessels to leak and tissues to swell in order to isolate a foreign substance from further contact with the body's tissues.

She adds that her team is finding more than collagen: It has recovered sequences from eight proteins isolated from what appear to be blood vessels, all matching common vessel proteins such as actin, tubulin, and hemoglobin.

More recently, Wagers's lab, together with cardiologist Richard Lee's lab at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, isolated a specific protein from mouse blood that they think can explain some of the effects.

«He identified a type of molecular sensor, which programmed T cells isolated from human blood with customized instructions for thwarting attack.

Researchers have isolated stem cells from only some of the body's organs and tissues, including the blood, brain, skeletal muscle, heart muscle and most recently from skin.

The scientists drew blood from old mice, whose supply of T cells was depleted, and isolated immune cells.

In the current study, Vanderbilt researchers led by graduate student Andrew Flyak, the paper's first author, used a high - efficiency method they developed to quickly isolate and generate large quantities of monoclonal human antibodies from the blood of survivors of a 2007 outbreak in Uganda who were infected by the Bundibugyo ebolavirus.

DNA was isolated from each patient's blood and analyzed for the presence of any of six candidate genetic variations in a panel of scar formation and wound - healing genes.

In a pilot test, for example, users isolated malaria parasites from blood for detection under a microscope with 15 minutes of spinning, a time frame comparable to commercial centrifuges.

Concerned that the drug by itself might not keep his aggressive cancer at bay, Wartman opted for a second transplant — this time with stem cells isolated from peripheral blood from an unrelated donor.

For the animal experiments, Savio Woo of the Center for Gene Therapy at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and his colleagues first isolated liver cells from transgenic mice that produce the human protein a1 - antitrypsin in their livers, from where it is secreted into the blood.

In an effort to overcome these limitations, a team at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering led by its Founding Director, Donald Ingber, M.D., Ph.D., had previously engineered a microfluidic «Organ - on - a-Chip» (Organ Chip) culture device in which cells from a human intestinal cell line originally isolated from a tumor were cultured in one of two parallel running channels, separated by a porous matrix - coated membrane from human blood vessel - derived endothelial cells in the adjacent channel.

Using a new method, the scientists therefore isolated T cells specifically programmed to target the CMV virus from the blood of the donor and transferred small numbers of these cells to the patients.

In the June issue of the journal Vaccine, Christopher Blyth at the University of Western Australia and colleagues found that Fluvax (but not other flu vaccines) triggered the release of high levels of cytokines in blood cells isolated from the children who had febrile seizures.

To test that exosomes were the source of this brain to body communication, Haughey's research team isolated exosomes from the blood of mice four hours after injecting the cytokine IL - 1b into brain and then injected the exosomes into the tail veins of different mice that had the cytokine and the nSMase - blocking drug altenusin already in their brains.

The researchers used an enhanced version of a technique they developed called CAPP - Seq to isolate and sequence circulating tumor DNA, or ctDNA, from blood samples from the patients.

Early animal studies have shown that stem cells isolated from umbilical cord blood can stimulate cells in the spinal cord to regrow their myelin layers, and in doing so help restore connections with surrounding cells.

The reason, according to the judge, is that the patent poses a «risk of preempting [other uses of] the natural phenomenon» that the test focuses on — fetal DNA that can be isolated from the mother's blood.

Johannes Scheid, a student in Nussenzweig's lab, isolated it several years ago from an HIV - infected patient whose immune system had an exceptional ability to neutralize HIV in the blood by preventing the virus from infecting and destroying a specific type of immune cells, called CD4 cells, in patients.

Berkeley researchers isolated circulating tumor cells from the blood of breast cancer patients, then used microscale physics to design a precision test for protein biomarkers, which are indicators of cancer.

So my field is science and technology, so my work is circulating tumor cells where I isolate cancer cells from blood of patients and isolate their DNA and RNA and try to sequence them and try to device treatments for cancer treatment and therapy.

To deliver the treatment, doctors remove blood from the patient and isolate CD4 and other white blood cells.

Using blood samples from a total of 210 patients, the scientists isolated the genetic information and compared it with a control group of healthy persons.

At the same time, the KLS Foundation is working with laboratories to collect blood samples from KLS patients and their families for a genetic study, and nasal swabs from patients during active episodes with the aim of isolating an infectious trigger.

The cells were mixed with platelet - dense plasma isolated from the patients» blood and injected into their eyes.

Also on the horizon is the commercialization of cell - based tests with the use of cells isolated from maternal blood; this will create an even more competitive environment and will require greater diligence for proper validation, implementation, and patient education.