Sentences with phrase «n't damage cells»

But the drug stayed bound to the diamond until it reached the tumor, so it didn't damage cells elsewhere in the body, and the animals survived.
In that case it is best to start forming internal ice crystals sooner rather than later, and to do so in a controlled way so they don't damage the cells.
«That way, any peroxide not used to harden the membrane won't damage the cell,» Wessel says.
Fruits like blueberries or raspberries, which contain a low glycemic load are a better option as they will keep insulin levels balanced and won't damage cell membranes.

Not exact matches

The aged egg, which may have had damaged mitochondria that wouldn't work as well, then has fresh mitochondria from the egg precursor cells to generate energy.
As a result, immunotherapy doesn't damage healthy cells.
Now, if we are not going to outlaw abortion, and the doctors / scientists want to take the aborted fetus and do stem cell research on it, well the damage is done and we might as well get all that we can out of it.
If you can't follow that logic, then you should just stop trying to think, you might damage the two functional brain cells you have left
The cells of your body have their own little wills to live, so they will carry you along to some extent; but if you do not want to live, if you do not get any satisfaction out of living, you'll not live long, and you'll do a lot of damage to yourself psychologically.
Extracts from this garlic even protected cells in a laboratory dish from certain types of damage.13 This isn't really surprising when you consider the nutritional changes that typically occur in plants when they sprout.
The potential health benefits of the sweet potato sporamins in helping prevent oxidative damage to our cells should not be surprising since sweet potatoes produce sporamins whenever subjected to physical damage to help promote healing.
Peanut butter only contains 1 milligram, so your cells won't be getting much protection from oxidative damage if you are opting for that nut butter all the time.
Free radicals are produced in the body naturally from things like: exposure to sun, exercise, damage to cell (we can not avoid this!).
Agave and fructose in general does not spike blood sugar because it goes through your liver damaging it at the same time, glucose is processed by other cells as well and thus it spikes your blood sugar, but fructose is processed just by the liver.
These antioxidants are partly responsible for halting DNA damage, which means cancerous cells can not mutate and form tumors.
Once the hair cells are damaged, they don't grow back.
In addition, your baby doesn't have the ability to metabolize it as quickly as you can, so it can damage its developing cells.
Others note that shear forces from shaking are not the only issue — bursting of bubbles caused by shaking may also damage cells or denature proteins.
Usually, the G6PD enzyme in the body PROTECTS the red blood cells from damage by these byproducts... but when an individual is G6PD deficient, that layer of protection is not there in sufficient quantity.
As a result of this, their bodies will release a lot of free radicals that if not eliminated, will cause damage to the surrounding cells and tissues.
The second wave only occurs when cells are killed, not when they are just damaged, suggesting that it is dependent on the extent of the damage.
Ageing is a complicated process, involving DNA damage, chronic inflammation, and worn - out cells, but we don't yet know which of these has the biggest impact on ageing.
«While environmental enrichment didn't seem to significantly influence the number of neurons [that were damaged],» explains Tsai, «it does induce the growth of dendrites and high numbers of synapses,» both of which are neuronal structures that underlie how brain cells communicate with one another.
Heart Fish and amphibians can produce new heart cells to repair damage, but mammals can not.
Neutrophils are one of the most common types of immune cells and known to engulf microorganisms, but they are not normally associated with peripheral nerve damage, such as that caused by diabetes or trauma.
Without such intervention, stem cells damaged by radiation do not seem to recover, according to Monje.
But the methods used to reprogram cells can damage their DNA, and the iPS cells may not behave in exactly the same way as embryonic stem cells.
These structural and functional differences are not seen when cells are placed in similar positions by mutation or laser - induced damage.
Although treatments are available for the disease, they do not repair the damage to nerve cells.
«We found that a particular vaginal bacterium, Gardnerella vaginalis, did not cause infection during exposure to the urinary tract, but it damaged the cells on the surface of the bladder and caused E. coli from a previous UTI to start multiplying, leading to another bout of disease,» said the study's senior author, Amanda Lewis, PhD, an assistant professor of molecular microbiology and of obstetrics and gynecology at Washington University.
«Before this study, it was not known if it is possible to produce sufficient numbers of these cells and successfully use them to remuscularize damaged hearts in a large animal whose heart size and physiology is similar to that of the human heart,» said Dr. Charles Murry, UW professor of pathology and bioengineering, who led the research team that conducted the experiment.
However, CT scans can only detect bleeding in the brain, not damage to brain cells, which can happen without bleeding.
Not only did they show that N - cadherin was necessary for creating the perfectly clear structure of the lens, they also observed that malformed lenses lacking N - cadherin began to attract immune cells to try to fix the damage.
In fungi, however, prions do not cause damage but instead appear to confer beneficial traits to the cells that harbor them.
Current research is looking at why inhibiting certain molecules, such as mouse protein Stat3, promote muscle regeneration in mice and how to engineer orthopedic implants from stem cells to replace damaged cartilage and bone, but the results of that effort aren't expected to be necessarily aimed at the old.
This leads to massive DNA damage that can not be repaired, and the cancer cells self - destruct.
Popko says myelin - making cells are damaged regularly in healthy individuals and in those with MS. «Our idea is that these hits to the central nervous system in most people do not have long - term detrimental effects,» he says.
Unlike normal cells, however, the tumour cells are considerably more sensitive, because they can not repair damage well.
The treatment not only led the spinal cord cells to produce and secrete ChABC in large quantities over areas spanning the injury epicenter, it helped to maintain the overall health of the damaged spinal cord and restored hind limb function in the animals within 12 weeks.
But Jorn Olsen, chair of epidemiology at the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Health says that unlike microwaves, cell phones do not release enough radiation or energy to damage DNA or genetic material, which can lead to cancer.
Microscopic techniques typically used to study solar cells often end up damaging the hybrid perovskites or can't image beyond their surfaces.
Saatchi, which is owned by France's Publicis Groupe, SA, chose LifeStraw over a field of competitors that included a reusable controller to improve the distribution of IV fluids, a collapsible wheel that can be folded down for easier storage when not in use on bicycles or wheelchairs, an energy - efficient laptop designed for children in developing countries, a 3 - D display that uses special optics and software to project a hologramlike image of patient anatomy for cancer treatment, an inkjet printing system for fabricating tissue scaffolds on which cells can be grown, a visual prosthesis for bypassing a diseased or damaged eye and sending signals directly to the brain, books with embedded sound tracks to help educate illiterate adults on health issues, a phone that provides telecommunications coverage to poor rural populations in developing countries, and a brain - computer interface designed to help paralyzed people communicate via neural signals.
Rad3 signalling ensures that cells do not divide before DNA damages are repaired and thus provides cancer cells with a mechanism to resist chemotherapy by repairing these DNA damages.
«Cells do not repair damage to DNA during mitosis because telomeres could fuse together.»
It is therefore essential that there be control mechanisms capable of detecting errors in this process and halting the cell cycle with the aim of allowing the cell to repair the breakages or, if not possible, to eliminate the damaged cell.
The results support the notion that the cumulative buildup of damage to cells is a key — although not the lone — determinant of life - span.
Because our cells are made up of mostly water, if we dehydrated them to the point of having no fluid, they would be damaged by so - called solution effects, which result from the cell being too concentrated and not having its water replaced by some other compound.
It can sense the presence of DNA damage, signal to other proteins that damage exists, aid in the repair of damage and stimulate cell death if the damage can not be repaired.
Our body has a system to repair DNA damage (DNA repair mechanism), so why a normal cell turns into a cancer cell and why radiation exposure causes cancer have not been clarified.
Mice who couldn't produce CHI3L1 / BRP -39, had acute lung cell damage, somewhat like AE patients who have a relative deficiency of CHI3L1.
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