Sentences with phrase «mechanisms of abnormal cell»

To achieve this goal, the center's clinical and basic investigators are engaging in four distinct yet synergistic projects: 1) identifying mechanisms of abnormal cell proliferation, 2) examining the role of thrombosis in the development of PAH, 3) studying the role of nitric oxide deficiency in PAH, and 4) testing two existing drugs to restore lost cellular function due to a genetic mutation related to PAH.

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Abnormal and uncontrolled production of this class of proteins, known as transcription factors, allow for cells to bypass growth control mechanisms and to develop characteristics necessary for invading surrounding tissues.

A number of the mechanisms which help prevent abnormal cell growth are avoided in cancer cells.

Sunflower seeds are also a good source of selenium, which has been shown to induce DNA repair and synthesis in damaged cells, to inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells, and to induce their apoptosis, the self - destruction mechanism the body naturally produces to eliminate worn out or abnormal cells.

Although there is still a lot to learn about pathogenesis (the mechanism by which a disease is caused) of Alzheimer's yet we know that during Alzheimer's two abnormal proteins are made by mutated genes of the brain cells.

Iodine controls apoptosis, programmed death of abnormal cells, and is part of the body's surveillance mechanism against cancer.