Sentences with phrase «manipulating cell signaling»

Researchers have sped up bone healing in mice by one - third by manipulating cell signaling proteins.

He notes, however, that other attempts to stimulate bone growth in mice by manipulating cell signaling proteins have produced denser than normal bones — and he's surprised that Helms's team didn't see the same.

«Manipulating cell signaling for better muscle function in muscular dystrophy.»

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Manipulating how cells respond to signals is key to developing new medications.

As a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard Medical School, he investigated the use of small - molecule drugs to manipulate signaling pathways to enable otherwise senescent progenitor cells of the cochlea to divide and form new sensory cells.

They identified signals that white blood cells use to control their behaviour, then one by one disabled those signals — discovering that one particular molecule called ERK5 could be manipulated to encourage white blood cells either to throw out pathogens better or to keep them inside and try to kill them for longer.

We also do culture of cells and tissues isolated from mice to manipulate signaling events in controlled, measurable ways.

Dr. Levitsky: My organization within Roche, Pharma Research and Early Development (pRED), has invested in antibody engineering, not only for use of monoclonal antibodies in the established ways of delivering cell - killing agents to tumors or interrupting cell signalling pathways, but also as ways to engage and manipulate the immune system's response to tumors.

By manipulating the signals that the cells see at a particular time, the researchers were able to influence what type of cell they become and how they are organised.

They describe current attempts to isolate the totipotent cells found in stem cell cultures, which involve manipulating gene networks or intercellular signaling pathways.

To bypass the disruptive effects of the age - related accumulation of senescent cells, some investigators are working on possible ways to manipulate the signaling pathways involved in enforcing the senescent phenotype.

Dr. Bulte oversees the development of novel reporter genes that can provide contrast on MRI scans, and artificial proteins in mammalian cells that contain specific proton exchangable groups of which the proton signal can be manipulated.

In addition, we prepared a large number of tools to manipulate signalling networks and are able to locally activate the important messenger such as PIP3 and DAG with a light flash in subcellular resolution in living cells (Mentel et al. 2011; Nadler et al. 2013, Nadler et al. submitted).

«These two studies really show that if you just manipulate intercellular signaling pathways, cell fate can be changed,» said Chun - Li Zhang, a neuroscientist at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, who did not participate in the research.

By revealing a novel but widespread cell signaling process, the Sauer lab may have found a way to manipulate an important component of the immune system into more effectively fighting disease.

By revealing a novel but widespread cell signaling process, the scientists may have found a way to manipulate an important component of the immune system into more effectively fighting disease.

She also gains the abilities to telekinetically manipulate people and objects as well as control electrical waves like cell phone, television, and radio signals.