Sentences with phrase «normal cells repair»

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The antioxidants in AppleActiv play an important role in neutralizing oxidative damage caused by free radicals, repairing damage and protecting the normal functioning of cells and tissues.

The study found that carfilzomib and irinotecan have a potential synergistic effect in SCLC and other Irinotecan - sensitive cancers by allowing normal DNA damage repair and enabling normal cell - cycle death.

A 2009 study by the same researchers showed that NF - kB helps normal cells in DNA repair, which may prevent them from harming the body.

Unlike normal cells, however, the tumour cells are considerably more sensitive, because they can not repair damage well.

The pluripotent stem cell - derived muscle fibers develop reservoirs of «satellite - like cells» that are necessary for normal adult muscles to repair damage, while the muscle from the previous study had much fewer of these cells.

This startling case of «chemistry at a distance,» as one scientist calls it, suggests that long - range DNA repair of some kind might play a role in normal cells.

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.

The study of these creatures has the potential to be rather robust in implications for regenerative medicine, an area of treatment for repairing or replacing human cells, tissues or organs on Earth to restore normal function.

Muscle stem cells are responsible for muscle repair after normal injuries and exercise.

When normal, EMSY, BRCA1 and BRCA2 give the body's cells instructions to create proteins that help to repair DNA damage that can cause cancer.

In normal cells, this is a part of the wound repair process when PGE2 induces tissues stem cells to regrow; in cancer PGE2 ironically induces regrowth of more cancer stem cells in between chemotherapy cycles, Kurtova and Xiao said.

In gene therapy, normal genes are transplanted into cells in place of malfunctioning or missing ones to repair genetic disorders.

Knowing the origin of each cell and which genes control their normal function are the foundations for scientists to decipher the disease process and eventually to find out how to guide the cells to self - repair or even to build up a brand new organ using amended cells from the patients.»

Thanks to the use of a chemical or a thermic treatment, we succeeded in «repairing» these cells» clock and restoring it to its normal functioning.

A-T is caused by lost function in a gene, ATM, which normally repairs damaged DNA in the cells and preserves normal function.

The injured pancreases, forced to repair themselves, soon swelled with double the normal number of beta cells.

Cardiologist Dr. Leslie Miller discusses the vital role of adult stem cells in helping the body repair itself as well as the potential benefits of cell therapy as an alternative option if you are living with symptoms of a chronic condition such as coronary artery disease or osteoarthritis that affect your ability to live a normal life.

Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and East China Normal University devised and tested a thin - about as thin as the skin of a soap bubble - film composed of a special type of molecules called peptoids that can repair itself, similar to the self - repair seen in cells of living organisms.

Cancer stem cell markers are enriched in normal tissue adjacent to triple negative breast cancer and inversely correlated with DNA repair deficiency.

Human Tracheobronchial Basal Cells: Normal Versus Remodeling / Repairing Phenotypes in vivo and in vitro.

In adult organisms, stem cells and progenitor cells act as a repair system for the body, replenishing specialized cells, but also maintain the normal turnover of regenerative organs, such as blood, skin, or intestinal tissues.

Today, researchers in the laboratory of Gladstone Senior Investigator Lennart Mucke, MD, report in Nature Neuroscience that DSBs in neuronal cells in the brain can also be part of normal brain functions such as learning — as long as the DSBs are tightly controlled and repaired in good time.

Normal skeletal muscle mobilizes tissue - associated endogenous stem cells, mainly satellite cells, and also upstream peri - endothelial stem cells, to repair damaged myofibres.

Regenerative medicine is dedicated to the study of repairing, replacing or regenerating damaged human cells, tissues or organs to restore or establish normal function; and it has potential applications to treat a wide variety of conditions.

The genetic code is a sequence of letters spelling instructions for a cell's normal growth, repair and daily housekeeping.

We are focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of cell based therapeutics that prevent, treat or cure disease by repairing and replacing damaged or aged tissue, cells and organs and restoring their normal function.

Topics such as the mechanisms of cell injury in normal and dystrophic muscle, compensatory muscle regeneration and hypertrophy, and the effects of various therapies or voluntary exercise on muscle repair, satellite cell activation, muscle growth, bone density and age - related atrophy are examined using a large variety of cellular, molecular and whole - animal in vivo assays of function.

Cells divide for normal growth and repair, and to do this they double then split their DNA — their genetic blueprint.

Once the mutation has been corrected at the stem cell level, we will investigate whether the repaired (mutation - free) iPS cells can be differentiated into functional cardiomyocytes with normal Ca2 + handling properties, while closely monitoring the cells for mutagenic events.

Many have used viruses to convert adult cells to stem cells and to carry a normal HBB gene to infect and repair hematopoietic stem cells — stem cells that give rise to all blood cells.

It is these repair cells which take care of our bumps and bruises or normal «wear and tear.»

Researchers are using stem cells to help them understand normal development of brain tissue and what goes wrong in MS. Stem cells are also enormously useful for testing new drugs and treatments and for learning more about the body's natural repair mechanisms.

Utilizing the powerful stem and regenerative cells which already exist in your body fat, stem cell therapy for rheumatoid arthritis addresses the pain and inflammation associated with RA while encouraging the repair of damaged joints and tissue, to help you get back to a more normal life.

Both B12 and folate are necessary for normal red blood cell formation, tissue and cellular repair, DNA synthesis, and for nerve health.

Any health condition is made worse if the metabolic rate is slower than normal, because cells can't heal and repair themselves as quickly.

The ability of cells to perceive and correctly respond to the signals is critical for growth and development, tissue repair, and immunity as well as normal homeostasis in every tissue.

Proposed Mechanism In the body's normal, nonfasting state, healthy cells grow and reproduce, but during fasting their energy shifts towards repairing and protecting existing cells.

Normal stem cells are involved in organ repair.

«If we understand how this UV - resistant gene functions and the processes by which cells repair themselves after ultraviolet damage, then we could find targets for drugs to revert a misguided mechanism back to normal conditions,» said Chengyu Liang, the study's senior author and an associate professor of molecular microbiology and immunology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

Essential for cell reproduction, normal growth and development in children, wound healing (tissue repair and growth), and production of sperm and the male hormone testosterone.

Your pet may have some side effects from the treatment, but most normal cells will continue to grow and repair themselves.

Generally, normal cells are better able to repair themselves than cancer cells.