Sentences with phrase «most vulnerable cells»

The most vulnerable cells in HD are brain cells called neurons, about half of the cells in the adult brain.

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«We suspected that the young are most vulnerable because of their immature immune systems, but we didn't have a lot of hard evidence to show that before,» said study lead author Bo Hang, a Berkeley Lab staff scientist who previously found that thirdhand smoke could lead to genetic mutations in human cells.

By hitting breast cancer cells with a targeted therapeutic immediately after chemotherapy, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) were able to target cancer cells during a transitional stage when they were most vulnerable, killing cells and shrinking tumors in the lab and in pre-clinical models.

By hitting breast cancer cells with a targeted therapeutic immediately after chemotherapy, researchers were able to target cancer cells during a transitional stage when they were most vulnerable.

In a continuation of this work, Goldman is also using mathematical modeling to pursue the most effective dose of chemotherapy to induce the vulnerable transition state of the cancer cell demonstrated in this research.

Among the compounds most vulnerable to attack by free radicals are the polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) vital to the structure and function of cell membranes.

Thus, Tomasetti and Vogelstein reasoned, the tissues that host the greatest number of stem cell divisions are those most vulnerable to cancer.

The new study revives suspicions that adenoviruses cause an immune «own goal», priming people's immune systems to produce CD4 cells — the very cells that HIV prefers to infect — and, worse still, to direct those cells to the parts of the body that are most vulnerable to the virus during sex.

Paradoxically, the exception is at the very moment when chromosomes are most vulnerable, when they physically separate into two cells at cell division (mitosis).

These studies show that the DNA found inside mitochondria, the cellular structures whose job is to provide cells with energy, is particularly vulnerable, most probably because they handle oxidative chemical reactions.

Using specific, known types of cells allowed the researchers to see where the developing brain is most vulnerable, Song says.

The cells that are most vulnerable to this process are muscle - related sensory neurons whose degeneration leads to the first symptoms of the disease.

These range from visual stimulation experiments that allow us to tap into the specific sets of retinal ganglion cells that are most vulnerable early in the disease, to the evolution of new imaging techniques, largely thanks to Alf Dubra and Vivek Srinivasan's work in those areas, and the ability to image retinal ganglion cells and their component parts like their axons which degenerate very early in glaucoma.

This is most commonly due to occlusion (blockage) of a coronary artery following the rupture of a vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque, which is an unstable collection of lipids (cholesterol and fatty acids) and white blood cells (especially macrophages) in the wall of an artery.

Endothelial cells line the walls of the body's entire circulatory system, from the arterial walls of the heart to the smallest, most vulnerable capillaries — and their role in heart health is critical.

The cells are the most vulnerable to cancer and other diseases during the cell division process.

The diet that has been consistently promoted by the Weston A. Price Foundation meets the key criteria for offering the most support for the integrity of the cells vulnerable to injury through bombardment by modern energetic frequency fields.

«Personal responsibility for putting down that cell phone is a good first step — but we need everyone to do their part, whether it's helping pass strong laws, educating our youngest and most vulnerable drivers, or starting their own campaign to end distracted driving.»