Sentences with phrase «many other cells in the body»

Far from staying put, RNA — the less famous cousin of DNA — can roam far afield, carrying information to other cells in the body and even to other animals

An anemia is a deficiency of the blood cells, but in addition to blood cells, many other cells in the body need vitamin B12, including nerve cells.

«The brain along with the reproductive system and every other cell in your body is exquisitely sensitive to exceedingly small changes in estrogen and other sex hormones, and the fact that the environment is full of chemicals that can activate estrogen receptors means this phenomenally sensitive system is being perturbed constantly by environmental factors.»

These cells can develop into any other cell in the body.

Previous studies have shown that white blood cell telomere length can be predictive of biological aging and is linked with telomere length in other cells in the body.

To solve that problem, the researchers started with patients» blood cells and reprogrammed them into so - called induced pluripotent stem cells, which can make any other cell in the body and grow indefinitely in the laboratory.

* The fact is that because cancer cells reproduce more rapidly than any other cell in the body, mutations occur in cancer cells in far greater numbers.

These specialized reproductive cells — familiar to us as sperm and eggs in humans — set the stage for complex multicellular life because they free up all the other cells in the body (known as somatic cells) to specialize for many other functions.

The parasites cover themselves in carbohydrates, which look like food and also cover all other cells in the body.

McDevitt's lab also studies how biomaterials can more effectively control the way stem cells develop into other cells in the body.

The insulin signals other cells in the body to take up sugar, the primary energy source for all the body's cells.

They uniquely possess the ability to become any other cell in the body, which makes them extraordinarily powerful and dangerous.

During sleep, our bodies enter a catabolic state in which muscles are broken down to feed other cells in the body.

HGH is one of the most important hormones the human body produces, as it controls building, repair and healing of muscle tissues, bones as well as many other cells in our body.

No other cells in the body produce this type of protein, therefore, if the test determines the presence of the protein, you are producing cancer cells.

Cancer cells are unlike any other cell in the body and they act totally out of line with normal cell functions.

While most other cells in the body can survive at least temporarily on alternate sources of energy, the CNS must have glucose, of which carbohydrates are the primary source.

For example, prolonged use of phytic acid to clear excess iron may deprive other cells in the body that require iron (such as red blood cells).

They also act as anti-cancer agents by aiding DNA repair and keeping anti-cancer cells from negatively impacting other cells in the body.

This system drains waste from the blood and just about every other cell in your body.

But bone marrow stem cells have their limitations because, unlike stem cells from cord blood which are pluripotent (that is the cells can become any other cell in the body - from the Latin for very many and having power), stem cells from bone marrow are only multipotent (Latin: many and having power).

Not exact matches

That means there could be other benefits to storing your cell phone in a backpack or desk instead of keeping it next to your body.

In a rare appearance Dr. Chandan Sen, Director, OSU Center for Regenerative Medicine & Cell - Based Therapies will explain how this breakthrough came about and how the technology is leading to other medical discoveries and how the principle can be used to generate any tissue out of skin or fat which is abundant in human bodIn a rare appearance Dr. Chandan Sen, Director, OSU Center for Regenerative Medicine & Cell - Based Therapies will explain how this breakthrough came about and how the technology is leading to other medical discoveries and how the principle can be used to generate any tissue out of skin or fat which is abundant in human bodin human body.

This argument, however, falls, because we have shown that although a body, say, a plant, can accomplish what the individual cells in it can not do, e.g., flower and bear fruit, still, the plant needs the ground as its «other.»

Only 10 % of the cells in and on your body are human, the other 90 % is the trillions of life forms that inhabit and live on your body... some of them can kill you if they get too numerous.

One difference between God and all non-divine individuals is that God knows each «cell» of the divine body in a perfectly distinct fashion whereas others experience their cells en masse, much as one sees the green of the grass but not each blade.

As the first member of the body of Christ, Peter is the rock or foundation for the building up of the church, the cell to which all other cells are attached in the growth of that body.

Even as we are the selves we are only in relation to others and most directly to the others, the organs and cells, that constitute our own bodies, so God, too, exists as the supreme self only in relation to the cosmic body which is the world or the universe as a whole.

This could offer a technique to help in the prognosis of metastases, the spreading of cancer cells to other regions of the body, responsible for 90 per cent of deaths from cancer.

Furthermore, nerve cells have a relationship to all other types of living cells in the body.

Modern psychosomatic medicine has made some progress in analyzing along these lines; for example, it seems quite possible that the emotional tone of my soul may directly alter the patterns of physical feeling in my stomach.4 Still, we should not suppose too quickly that the aims of a human personality have any very effective direct influence on the molecules of body cells, other than those in the brain.

The high - level of antioxidants and other phytochemicals found in nuts and seeds help prevent chronic and inflammatory diseases by protecting the body against cell oxidation.

Endometriosis occurs in women when cells from the lining of the womb grown in other areas of the body.

You need to stop immediately on the side with the tumor, in case rogue cancer cells make it into your daughter's body, and then gradually stop on the other side.»

That's because when you lose weight you're shedding water and also lean cells as well as fat, your metabolic rate slows down, and also your body adjustments in various other methods.

In fact, it is the most abundant mineral in our bodies, with over 99 per cent stored in our bones and teeth and the rest stored in other parts of the body, including muscles, blood and the fluid in between cells, where it acts as a «messenger» for the central nervous systeIn fact, it is the most abundant mineral in our bodies, with over 99 per cent stored in our bones and teeth and the rest stored in other parts of the body, including muscles, blood and the fluid in between cells, where it acts as a «messenger» for the central nervous systein our bodies, with over 99 per cent stored in our bones and teeth and the rest stored in other parts of the body, including muscles, blood and the fluid in between cells, where it acts as a «messenger» for the central nervous systein our bones and teeth and the rest stored in other parts of the body, including muscles, blood and the fluid in between cells, where it acts as a «messenger» for the central nervous systein other parts of the body, including muscles, blood and the fluid in between cells, where it acts as a «messenger» for the central nervous systein between cells, where it acts as a «messenger» for the central nervous system.

The body uses it in cell membranes, and to help some cells communicate with each other.

Scientists have uncovered how tumor cells in aggressive uterine cancer can switch disguises and spread so quickly to other parts of the body.

Every gene in (almost) every cell of the body is present in two variants — so called alleles: one is deriving from the mother, the other one from the father.

Breast cancer tumors can fuse with blood vessel cells, allowing clumps of cancer cells to break away from the main tumor and ride the bloodstream to other locations in the body, suggests preliminary research.

Adult neural stem cells in the hypothalamus — a brain region that regulates hunger, sleep, body temperature and other activities — appear to orchestrate the body's aging process, they found.

One daughter centriole is also dragged into a polar body, leaving the other daughter centriole alone in the egg cell.

«In addition, changes in how the genes are expressed (turned on or off) could be used in the future to predict how and when the cancer cells will spread to other parts of the body and how fast they will grow.&raquIn addition, changes in how the genes are expressed (turned on or off) could be used in the future to predict how and when the cancer cells will spread to other parts of the body and how fast they will grow.&raquin how the genes are expressed (turned on or off) could be used in the future to predict how and when the cancer cells will spread to other parts of the body and how fast they will grow.&raquin the future to predict how and when the cancer cells will spread to other parts of the body and how fast they will grow.»

The research team found that when it increased levels of E-NTPDase2 in tadpole embryos that consisted of only eight cells, they could cause parts of the eye to form not only on the heads of the amphibians, but also in tissues in other parts of their bodies, including their tails.

Once they have consumed all the oxygen and nutrients in the original tumor site, the cancer cells travel to other parts of the body (metastasize) to find more nourishment.

The purpose of catalase in living cells is to protect them from oxidative damage, which can occur when cells or other molecules in the body come into contact with oxidative compounds.

It's this «immunosuppressive» microenvironment that gives the remaining tumor cells license to metastasize and flourish in other parts of the body.

And in a basket cell (above), axon branches, which allow the nerve cell to send messages to other neurons, cluster densely around the cell body.

In another neuron called a chandelier cell (above), vertical branches of its signal - sending axon, which serves to quiet other cells, dangle around the cell body.

Dr Claudia Wellbrock, study author and Cancer Research UK scientist at The University of Manchester and a member of the Manchester Cancer Research Centre, said: «We used to think that cancer cells spread by first specialising in invading other parts of the body and then change in order to grow rapidly.