Sentences with phrase «kill brain cells by»

Working with mice, researchers at Johns Hopkins have contributed significant new evidence to support the idea that high doses of cocaine kill brain cells by triggering overactive autophagy, a process in which cells literally digest their own insides.

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Chemotherapy works by killing cancer cells by targeting fast - dividing cells, and in most cases, kills off some healthy cells along the way, including nerve cells in the brain.

In the Cell study, Dr. Massagué, with Fellow Manuel Valiente, PhD, and other team members, found that in mouse models of breast and lung cancer — two tumor types that often spread to the brain — many cancer cells that enter the brain are killed by astrocytes.

An experimental drug in early development for aggressive brain tumors can cross the blood - brain tumor barrier, kill tumor cells and block the growth of tumor blood vessels, according to a study led by researchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center — Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC — James).

A «Trojan horse» treatment for an aggressive form of brain cancer, which involves using tiny nanoparticles of gold to kill tumour cells, has been successfully tested by scientists.

A single genetic mutation made the Zika virus far more dangerous by enhancing its ability to kill nerve cells in developing brains, a new study suggests.

In theory, brain cells that have been killed by Parkinson's disease can be replaced with cells from the brains of aborted fetuses.

«A few years ago we recognized that stem cells could be used to continuously deliver these therapeutic toxins to tumors in the brain, but first we needed to genetically engineer stem cells that could resist being killed themselves by the toxins,» he said.

Past research has focused on prevention of the disease by reducing the levels of proteins that cause brain plaques and tangles and kill nerve cells.

But a broad range of brain disorders may be treatable by blocking astrocytes» metamorphosis into toxic cells, or by pharmaceutically countering the neuron - killing toxin those harmful cells almost certainly secrete.

Brain cancer stem cells (left) are killed by Zika virus infection (image at right shows cells after Zika treatment).

By mimicking a molecular switch that triggers cell death, researchers have killed cells grown in the laboratory from one of the most resilient and aggressive cancers - a virulent brain cancer known...

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Basically, lots and lots of companies are re-growing the brain cells they killed in the haze of «Free Lunch & Free Drinks» created by their friendly neighbourhood search engine.

By the time I was 13, that was all I was doing: oil paint, turpentine, killing brain cells.