Sentences with phrase «number of cells on»

One of the team's new biosensors is made from a nanoplasmonic material that is able to accommodate a large number of cells on a single substrate and to monitor cell proliferation, a fundamental process involving cell growth and division, in real time.

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In addition to lowering their fees for cell phone service, they also offer free unlimited texting on flights PLUS a free hour of Gogo in - flight WiFi for each flight you take — and there aren't any limits on the number of times you can take advantage of this offer.

Beyond using this clean electricity to power homes, offices and manufacturing plants, the Chinese also view it as the fuel of choice for the growing number of vehicles hitting the road, setting a goal of putting five million «new energy» vehicles (EVs, plug - in hybrids and fuel - cell cars) on the road by 2020.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

Projects on the exchange have a set number of solar cells they need to sell (approximately $ 8 each) in order to successfully launch.

In August of last year, President Bush approved the use of federal funds to support research on a limited number of existing human embryonic stem cell lines.

I could go on and elaborate on a number of other disciplines or facts that creationists have to pretend into oblivion to retain their faith, including the Ice Ages, cavemen and early hominids, much of microbiology, paleontology and archeology, continental drift and plate tectonics, even large parts of medical research (medical research on monkeys and mice only works because they share a common ancestor with us and therefore our fundamental cell biology and basic body architecture is identical to theirs).

In this sense an atom is more complex than an electron, a molecule more complex than an atom, and a living cell more complex than the highest chemical nuclei of which it is composed, the difference depending (on this I insist) not only on the number and diversity of the elements included in each case, but at least as much on the number and correlative variety of the links formed between these elements.

This area includes a number of emulsion, beverage - base blending and bulk storage tanks, which are installed on load cells and have heating and cooling capabilities.

There have been lots of cell and animal research, which prove that turmeric has a good influence on a number of illnesses and also several human studies have shown positive results as well.

You have probably heard a number of rumors about the effects of technology on your health; that having a cell phone next to your head can cause brain cancer, for example, or that pregnant women shouldn't stand near a microwave that is running because it may harm the fetus.

When we leave, depending on the type of travel, each of the children has some form of identification with a name and our cell phone number.

A number of medications should be avoided while breastfeeding, including drugs prescribed to kill cancer cells, radioactive drugs and illicit drugs, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics» Committee on Drugs.

Post 911 or your community's EMS number on all of your phones and program your baby's care providers» numbers in your cell phones as well.

Breastfeeding is contraindicated in infants with classic galactosemia (galactose 1 - phosphate uridyltransferase deficiency) 103; mothers who have active untreated tuberculosis disease or are human T - cell lymphotropic virus type I — or II — positive104, 105; mothers who are receiving diagnostic or therapeutic radioactive isotopes or have had exposure to radioactive materials (for as long as there is radioactivity in the milk) 106 — 108; mothers who are receiving antimetabolites or chemotherapeutic agents or a small number of other medications until they clear the milk109, 110; mothers who are using drugs of abuse («street drugs»); and mothers who have herpes simplex lesions on a breast (infant may feed from other breast if clear of lesions).

It is important to come up with a plan while traveling, keep important contact numbers in your cell phone or on a piece of paper so emergency crews can find them and to take along gadgets that will keep your baby safe while you are away.

In the case of ISIS and Twitter, imagine a retaliatory attack on a hacker cell that ends up killing civilians in large numbers by accident, creating international pressure against the U.S. bombing campaign against the Islamic State.

Last Sunday he announced an end to the limit on the number of books prisoners could have in their cell and allowed families and friends to send in books to inmates.

It is thought to have significantly increased the number of people on «basic» regime, where they are kept alone in a cell for most of the day and denied any personal property.

They used online advertising and a create - a-video contest (which also generated free media coverage) to drive supporters to a site where they could «Learn more on the go» by surrendering their cell numbers, as well as forward information to a friend via email, download wallpapers and screensavers and of course make a donation.

Little said the Senate's plan also contains tax relief for North Country families and businesses, and rejects a number of «tax - and - fee increases» proposed by the governor, including new Department of Motor Vehicles fees, a surcharge on pre-paid cell phones and a proposal calling for online marketplaces to collect sales tax on behalf of their vendors, a loophole that governor says is costing state and local authorities $ 275 million in uncollected tax every year.

Sen. Charles Schumer on Friday reintroduced legislation that would criminalize tampering with mobile device identification numbers as part of the New York Democrat's ongoing effort to crack down on the black market for stolen cell phones.

The hacker known as «Guccifer 2.0» has leaked more information on the DNC, including the cell phone number of vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine.

For instance, a growing number of households no longer have land lines, but rely on their cell phones instead.

Mishra's team focused on a neurotransmitter called brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), which is expressed in a small number of sensory nerve cells or neurons.

Instead, it appears to be related to a much more fundamental metabolic constraint: the length of time required for the animal to reach its theoretical maximum speed, based on the number of «fast twitch» muscle fiber cells in the creature's muscles, as compared to the length of time it takes for those cells to run out of readily available energy.

Research on lab animals has shown that the number of hypothalamus stem cells diminishes with age.

«After already being able to demonstrate the influence of prenatal smoking on regulatory T - cell numbers in cord blood from our LINA study, the current epidemiological investigation delves even deeper into molecular processes,» Dr. Gunda Herberth and Dr. Irina Lehmann resume.

However, when Oehmichen inflicted stab wounds on cadavers, the number of these cells was the same everywhere (Forensic Science International, DOI: 10.1016 / j.forsciint.2009.05.020).

«The animal and cell work suggest a number of possibilities, including disruption of sex hormone signaling, changes in adiponectin release, oxidative damage, and direct effects on muscle cells,» Melzer says.

Congressional supporters of stem cell research have re-introduced legislation to codify President Barack Obama's 2009 executive order lifting restrictions on the number of human embryonic stem cell lines available to federally funded researchers.

«The results show we can now produce the number of cells needed for human therapy and get formation of new heart muscle on a scale that is relevant to improving the function of the human heart,» Laflamme said.

That three - or - so - pound lump of soft tissue, housed within the cranium, has about 100 billion nerve cells or neurons (roughly equal to the number of stars in our galaxy), which form trillions of connections with each other, giving rise to millions of operations going on simultaneously.

(A correlation of 1 means that by knowing the variable on the x-axis — in this case, the lifetime number of stem cell divisions — one can predict the y - axis value 100 % of the time.)

In addition to emphasizing the recruitment of graduate students, American universities have a number of on - campus service facilities such as modern research labs, well - stocked reagent rooms, and cell culture facilities.

«A number of scientists are working on the effect of estrogens on pancreatic insulin - producing cells,» says Sandra Handgraaf, a researcher at the Faculty of Medicine and the first author of this work.

However, the number of photovoltaic cells needed for such devices mean it can not compete on price with fossil fuels, says Daniel Gamelin, a chemist at the University of Washington in Seattle.

A multicenter team of researchers reports that a full genomic analysis of tumor samples from a small number of people who died of pancreatic cancer suggests that chemical changes to DNA that do not affect the DNA sequence itself yet control how it operates confer survival advantages on subsets of pancreatic cancer cells.

The study builds on Polyak's earlier research finding that women already identified as having a high risk of developing cancer — namely those with a mutation called BRCA1 or BRCA2 — or women who did not give birth before their 30s had a higher number of mammary gland progenitor cells.

They chose this region because it has a large number of cells and because the bird's feet hadn't been treated with arsenic, leaving the DNA there in better shape than on the rest of the preserved carcass.

On the flipside, targeting this growth factor or BCL - 2 could reduce NK cell numbers and offer potential therapies for immune disorders such as some types of autoimmune diseases, sepsis or graft versus host disease, a side effect of bone marrow transplants.

Using this method, a firearms expert would be able to testify about how closely the two cartridges match based on the number of matching cells, and also the probability of a random match, similar to the way forensic experts testify about DNA.

They found that the number of copies of lncRNA genes on a chromosome consistently change in 12 different cancer types and lncRNA genes are widely expressed in cancer cells.

To gauge the effect off the loss of imprinting control on the maintenance of the quiescent hematopoietic stem cell pool, Venkatraman analyzed the numbers of quiescent, active and differentiated hematopoietic stem cells in mouse bone marrow.

Prior research with cultured tissue had shown that a mix of chemicals could change bone marrow stem cells from mice to those resembling brain cells, but when a team led by neurologist Lorraine Iacovitti of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia tried the same brew on human cells, the number altered was modest.

Understanding this process - which is particularly important when cells are first taking on specialized identities such as nerve cells, muscle, skin, and so on - helps explain how complex organisms can arise from a finite number of genes.

«We would have never counted the number of retinal cells in these tiny juveniles if we had not suspected this early on,» he adds.

«When we exposed a near - infrared laser beam to these animal models injected with both the nanoparticle and the genetically engineered immune cells, this caused calcium channels on the dendritic cells to open and we saw a corresponding increase in the number of T - cells that were activated,» said Han.

Sandia leads a number of other hydrogen research efforts, including the Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure Research and Station Technology (H2FIRST) project co-led by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), a maritime fuel cell demonstration, a development project focused on hydrogen - powered forklifts and a recent study of how many California gas stations can safely store and dispense hydrogen.

Weissman says that most clinical studies of stem cells fail to meet what he sees as key criteria: They should be based on clear, peer - reviewed demonstrations of tissue regeneration, replicated by a large number of independent groups that provide rapid, long - lasting benefits.