Sentences with phrase «numerous type of tumors»

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The researchers next will turn to analyzing the presence of myoferlin in samples from numerous human tumor types available in an Ohio State tissue bank, which will allow them to compare protein levels in tumors to clinical outcomes for the patients who provided the samples.

Adds Liu: «With metastatic cancers accounting for around 90 % of deaths from solid tumors, the hope is that one day a device that can enable the analysis of single tumor cells circulating in the blood could make a big difference in early diagnosis, detection and monitoring of numerous types of cancer, without invasive biopsies.»

The downside, Johnson cautions, is that this type of therapy is still very new, and there are numerous factors that are involved at the tumor level that may limit treatment.

Morgridge computational biologist John Steill, another co-author of the KinderMining study, is using the KinderMiner tool to improve gene marker lists, which have numerous uses such as classifying cells or samples by cell type and identifying samples that may produce tumors.

The numerous flavonoids found in astragalus appear to enhance cell - mediated immunity by increasing the number of T - helper cell type 2 cytokines, increasing levels of tumor necrosis factor and interleukin - 6, which stimulates the activity of macrophages, responsible for killing potentially harmful cells.