Sentences with phrase «mechanisms in»

It thus seems quite likely that this new signaling path also links the performance of the cellular power plants and cell division in human cells,» says Meisinger, who now plans to analyze these mechanisms in tumor tissues.

They are now demonstrating that the mini-intestine is an ideal model for investigating hormone release and transport mechanisms in the digestive tract.

«Recent advances in understanding coral resilience are essential to safeguard coral reefs: A review of the literature points to the importance of reducing global carbon dioxide emissions in addition to protecting or augmenting resilience mechanisms in the face of increased frequency of climate change impacts..»

The technique developed in this research is anticipated to forward the elucidation of cesium transportation and accumulation mechanisms in plants and to enable the selection and improvement of plants suitable for application in phytoremediation.

A cryo — electron microscopy structure provides a framework for understanding function and disease mechanisms in a family of calcium channels.

Ian Dworkin, a geneticist who studies fly evolution at McMaster University, noted that in the literature of evo - devo research — which looks at the role of developmental mechanisms in evolutionary changes — examples of co-opted genes are abundant.

Optogenetics also has been used to mimic the underlying mechanisms in narcolepsy, a disorder that causes patients to fall asleep at inopportune times.

Knowledge of these mechanisms in songbird species with different social and mating systems may in turn elucidate social and sexual pathologies in humans.

We hope that these findings will prove useful in understanding the causal mechanisms in autism spectrum disorder, and in developing effective interventions.»

Using genetic and bioinformatic techniques, the team identified two complementary mechanisms in the bacteria that confer resistance to platensimycin and platencin.

Scientists at the Medical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit at the University of Oxford have pinpointed two distinct mechanisms in the human brain that control the balance between speed and accuracy when making decisions.

In spite of this sizable gap, certain vitally important processes such as memory formation use similar cellular mechanisms in humans, mice and flies, as the researchers» experiments were able to prove.

We investigated the relative importance of different immune mechanisms in limiting the spread of the intestinal microbiota.

Understanding the underlying protective mechanisms in the lower risk individuals could help design novel therapeutic strategies targeting those at higher risk of disease.

The team is also applying the approaches outlined in this paper to cells in the intestine and skin to study basic ideas of stem cell maintenance and differentiation to relate back to similar mechanisms in the heart.

This method is a new tool for cell biologists and neuroscientists to use to address questions ranging from fundamental mechanisms in cell biology, to the underlying causes of mental illness, to the discovery of novel therapeutics.

The determination of the mechanisms in the brain that are not only involved in decisions requiring self - control but that are also used in general decisions could open new points of interaction for therapies.

«This new approach allows us to probe these mechanisms in a non perturbative way, meaning without tedious and expensive isotope labeling strategies.

«There is still a chasm between neuro - cognitive explanations of autistic symptoms and mechanisms in terms of cell structure,» she says.

There are different mechanisms in play across a variety of medical conditions and therapeutic interventions.

We need to keep these types of mechanisms in mind,» she says.

The researchers acknowledge the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium and the Genetic Associations and Mechanisms in Oncology (GAME - ON): a National Cancer Institute Post-Genome Wide Association Study Initiative (U19 - CA148112).

This underlines the importance of investigating how we can address social mechanisms in treatment to improve outcomes.

If it is smaller than 1 [percent], another might be right, but then just to add and as I often try and do, I muddy the water, we've also argued recently that, unfortunately, there are other mechanisms in the early universe that could also produce a gravitational wave signal that would mimic that due to inflation.

Instead of addiction being a chronic, permanent disease, recent evidence is showing that addiction is controlled by molecular switching mechanisms in the brain, that can be turned on or off with the right interventions» says Dr. Steven Laviolette.

«Scientists unravel mechanisms in chronic itching.»

«The important thing is to have mechanisms in place to deal with them.»

Joy warned that research into defense mechanisms in a new kind of «arms race» would inevitably provoke further evolution of the new technologies.

They include new herbicide formulations that work in ways that sidestep the resistance mechanisms in today's weeds.

Interaction with phonons is one of the energy dissipation mechanisms in spintronics.

The repair mechanisms in the lotus would be very useful if they could be transferred to crops, such as rice, corn and wheat, whose seeds have lifespans of only a few years.»

«We've got a new fundamental understanding of the pathological mechanisms in celiac disease, and it opens the possibility to develop new drugs against this disease,» says head of research, associate professor and ph.d., Thomas J. D. Jørgensen, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark.

Michael Donoghue and Erika Edwards, plant evolution researchers at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, analyzed water conservation mechanisms in the cactus genus Pereskia, an assortment of leafy shrubs and trees that are thought to represent the ancestral state of living cacti.

Compared to prior investigations, which contained optical hysteresis in cavities containing nonlinear absorptive and dispersive gain media, the operation principles as physical processes and operating mechanisms in transistor laser electro - optical bistabilities are considerably different.

These common molecular mechanisms in vision and brain integrity can prevent blindness and also promote recovery from a stroke.

They discovered novel mechanisms in cells with the ability to activate pathways that crosstalk one to another and then assemble consolidated responses that decide cell fate.

Bacteria are easier because you can shut down mechanisms in the cell.

«We want to combine neuroimaging and cognitive assays with clinical symptoms to enhance prodromal diagnosis, identify neuroprotective agents to target underlying disease mechanisms in the brain, and develop behavioral and cognitive exercises that will increase the patient's ability to adapt.»

«There are many different antiviral mechanisms in our bodies, but maybe RNAi functions as the most important antiviral defense mechanism.

Using computational data analysis, Hughes hopes to create evolutionary trees of these genes and regulatory mechanisms in order to figure out how they work together to make cells function and how they contribute to the physiology of the organisms they are found in.

The team is also testing the resolution of the microfluidic system with other reagents and materials, bringing researchers one step closer to viewing live biological mechanisms in action at the highest levels of resolution possible.

Using genome data from more than 50,000 cancer cases and 60,000 controls through the GAME - ON (Genetic Associations and Mechanisms in Oncology) network, the team compared telomere lengths with the risk of developing breast, lung, colorectal, ovarian and prostate cancers, including subtypes.

Researchers at the University of Leeds have made a new synthetic anti-cancer molecule that targets two key mechanisms in the spread of malignant tumors through the body.

What's more, human feces share 17 types of microRNAs with the mice, which may portend similar mechanisms in humans, the researchers found.

Kenyon believes that tapping into the same mechanisms in humans could lengthen lives.

The high prevalence of this phenomenon may make it easier for us to study and better understand the underlying mechanisms in the brain behind such synaesthetic effects.

Adult drug resistant cancer cells may contribute to this problem, and the authors discuss these and other cancer drug resistance mechanisms in their recent publication in the September issue of the journal Cancers.

It by no means excludes other genetic and environmental mechanisms in XFS pathogenesis.

«Chronic pain can result from the loss of regulatory mechanisms in the nervous system pathway that transmits pain,» Salvemini said.

Ironically, because of its pivotal role in coordinating a range of cancer - fighting mechanisms in the human body, it is also one of the most important cancer - causing genes when mutated.