Sentences with phrase «normal body cells»

They occur due to a malfunction of proteins that repair DNA damage in normal body cells.

Carlo Croce, a cancer researcher at Ohio State University in Columbus, and his colleagues created a diagram of interacting miRNAs for normal body cells by connecting them according to which genes they target and the function of those genes, in a way similar to analyses of human social networks.

Tumors go mostly unmolested by the body's natural defenses, partly because cancer cells are descendents of normal body cells.

Some studies suggested that certain chemicals present in peaches may be able to inhibit the growth of cancer cells without affecting normal body cells — unlike chemotherapy, which is highly effective but unable to discriminate between healthy cells and cancer.

Besides the general health decline (cachexia) that tumors can produce, some of them cause normal body cells to take up more cholesterol (upregulation of LDL - receptors).

As Robert Ernst explains: «Whereas a racing car will often fail after completing a hundred superfast laps because the engine has overheated, a tractor (representing a normal body cell) will continue to drive up and down the field for a lot longer, but also a lot slower.»

The key to fixing this problem is to make faux eggs — normal body cells that behave like eggs by undergoing meiosis.