Sentences with phrase «of cell lines from»

In studies of cell lines from more than 20 Friedreich's patients, the molecular prosthesis restored expression of the frataxin protein.

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Honda established a division late last year to develop electric vehicles (EVs) as part of its long - held goal for lower - emission gasoline hybrids, plug - in hybrids, EVs and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) to account for two - thirds of its line - up by 2030, from about 5 percent now.
One way to enhance eggs, developed by the company OvaScience, involves supplementing an egg with mitochondria taken from stem cells found in the lining of a woman's uterus.
Typically, the group consists of a «tie - down team» who escort the prisoner from his cell to the death chamber and then strap him to the gurney; medically trained personnel who set the intravenous lines; and those, like Bracey and Baxley, who sit on the other side of a glass wall and press the buttons to inject the lethal drugs into the prisoner once the team leader gives the order.
The theory of societies, like modern general systems theory, pictures a world made up of societies within societies (systems within systems) That is, societies do not just line up side by side like mosaics — they form «nested hierarchies» that go from subatomic particles through cells to animal bodies, or through stars to galaxies.
RU - 486, which is not for sale in the U.S., blocks cells in the uterus from receiving the natural hormone progesterone, the function of which is to prepare the lining of the uterus to receive and sustain a fertilized egg.
The lines quoted by Sherburne are taken from a discussion of the life of a cell.
Not surprisingly, President Obama received high marks from the journal, largely because his response to the question of whether he would lift Bush's ban on the federal funding of new embryonic stem - cell lines is in line with the view of most in the scientific community.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has allowed a contract for the dissemination of embryonic stem cell lines approved for US government funding to lapse, shuttering a key stem cell bank, and doubling the price researchers pay for samples of some human embryonic stem cell (hESC) line... from $ 500 per vial of frozen cells to $ 1,000.
But here in Coventry forgiveness strikes me more along the lines of a key, given to us by God to open a prison cell locked from inside.
For example, if I come from a long line of brown - eyed people, can I aim to alter the DNA molecules in my reproductive cells so as to pass on to my son «genes for blue - eyedness»?
Where is the clear line in a progression from (1) using animal insulin to treat diabetes, to (2) using gene remodeling techniques to grow insulin in a host bacterium that will reproduce rapidly and from which a plentiful supply of insulin can be harvested, to (3) genetic surgery to replace the defective gene in a person diagnosed as diabetic, to (4) genetic surgery immediately after fertilization in order to replace the defective gene and alter the germ cells which would otherwise have transmitted the disease to one's offspring?
The cells in the lining of the stomach secrete a protective mucus that in turn protects the stomach from these acids.
The comprehensive product range includes industrial scales, terminals, load cells, weighing platforms and software from receiving raw materials through various manufacturing processes, in - line process control and end - of - line packaging control.
«Brain scientists have invented, established and patented a method to obtain long - living cell lines derived from fungiform taste papillae of the human tongue.
Endometriosis occurs in women when cells from the lining of the womb grown in other areas of the body.
CAREstream America also distributes a large line of Aesthetic products ranging from water - jet assisted technology, to ultrasound imaging, to cell counting and vascular access imaging.
Phone numbers were dialed from samples of both standard land - line and cell phones.
As well as allowing the use of stem cells grown from established cell lines, the technology could enable the creation of improved human tissue models for drug testing and potentially even purpose - built replacement organs.
Dr Stotz continued: «This concept of plant ETI does not really explain the second line of defense in the interaction of plant hosts protecting themselves against extracellular fungal pathogens — i.e. those foliar fungal pathogens that get into the leaf of the plant to exploit the space between its cells, known as the apoplast, to retrieve nutrients from the plant.
In 2007, however, scientists at International Stem Cell, a California - based biotech firm, reported the first successful creation of human stem cell lines from unfertilized eCell, a California - based biotech firm, reported the first successful creation of human stem cell lines from unfertilized ecell lines from unfertilized eggs.
Stick - on solar cells about to flop off the production line could revolutionise the business of generating electricity from sunlight
As the heart starts pumping a primitive blood - like fluid around the body of an embryo, the change in pressure from the flowing liquid is the cue for cells lining the aorta to change first into blood stem cells, then into all blood - cell types in the body.
«This model was trained on genetic data from human tumors in The Cancer Genome Atlas and was able to predict response to certain inhibitors that affect cancers with overactive Ras signaling in an encyclopedia of cancer cell lines,» Greene said.
Here is how: Software gathers a Web page's content from the computer's operating system, converts the words and images into a digital version of Braille and then represents that via a touchable row of finger - sized rectangular cells lined up side by side like dominoes.
Different parts of her body could have come from different cell lines.
In these instances, the committee says, the use of existing embryonic cell lines derived from embryos fewer than 14 days old should be considered before resorting to the use of cells taken from surplus in vitro fertilization embryos fewer than 14 days old.
In addition, where cells derived from embryonic stem cells are great at proliferating — a potentially critical feature if one wants to grow sufficient numbers of cells for clinical use — ones from the iPS lines were much feebler.
For much of its 30 - year history, the industry has struggled to come up with a steady source of supply, squeezing the maximum out of these large - molecule commodities from cell lines isolated from hamster ovaries and the like.
Welte explains that the production of certain proteins takes place along a type of assembly line that carries raw materials from the nucleus to the posterior end of the egg cell, where these proteins are then manufactured.
Analyzing data from thousands of cancer lines and tumors, the researchers found that those demonstrating resistance to proteasome inhibitor drugs were marked by suppressed expression of one or more of the cells» proteasome cap subunits (which are a subsets of the larger proteasome).
DNA from the cell nucleus, which includes both maternal and paternal lines, tells a different story: The two types of elephants are in fact separate species, leading recently to a proposed relisting of the forest elephant as Loxodonta cyclotis.
One of the cell lines was vulnerable to being cut off from glucose alone, but the others needed more interference.
And early stage startup Neochromosome, which includes Boeke, intends to raise money to design synthetic chromosomes for medicine that could be used in an off - the - shelf universal cell line in cell therapies and transplants with minimal risk of rejection from the immune system.
In a new study published in the journal Development, the KU Leuven researchers show that individual or small groups of cells from uterus biopsies can be made to grow into three - dimensional structures that show many of the features of the womb lining, including the ability to produce mucus.
A special receptor on cells that line the sinuses, throat and lungs evolved to protect mammals from developing a range of allergies and asthma, according to a study from researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
In order to thoroughly investigate cures for a diverse population, cell lines from a large sampling of individuals are needed.
Dr. Jochen Maurer and his research group were able to cultivate several cancer stem cell lines from triple receptor - negative breast cancer that are excellent representations of the original tumors they isolated from the patients.
They concluded from that evidence that these specialized RNAs were coming from two types of epithelial cells that line the GI tract.
The innate immune system is the first line of defense in cells, and normally distinguishes molecules that belong to the body from foreign, disease - causing, molecules.
Wayne Hellstrom of Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, and colleagues, extracted stem cells from fat and placed them onto layers of tissue taken from the lining of pig intestine.
This results in shifts in the structure of the brain as it forms and displacement of cells from where they're supposed to be, including those that line the ventricles and help control fluid flow.
Hwang claimed his stem cells did not result from parthenogenesis, but George Daley, head of the study, showed that the genome of Hwang's cell line has a genetic signature that indicates it sprang from a parthenogenetic embryo.
In this study, rather than studying one iPS cell line, the researchers derived and sequenced 10 iPS cell clones from each patient tissue sample to get a better understanding of mitochondrial DNA mutation rates.
When they sequenced the iPS cell lines, they found higher numbers of mitochondrial DNA mutations, particularly in cells from patients older than 60.
Until recently, Ain was renowned for a highly prized repository of 18 immortal cancer cell lines, which he developed by harvesting tissue from his patients» tumors after removal, carefully culturing them to everlasting life in vials.
(Federal funding restrictions forbid National Institutes of Health - funded labs from working on the cells, because they were derived via cloning, so recipients also need to show that they have a legal place to work with the cell lines.)
They found out that TiY is capable of distinguishing TICs from non-TICs in various human lung cancer cell lines and patient - derived lung tumors.
Beyond lung cancer, TiY is able to target TICs in 28 types of human cell lines derived from the central nervous system, melanoma, breast, renal, ovarian, colon, and prostate cancer.
«We can work with any embryonic stem cell line from any source and are not restricted to working with the very small number of federally approved lines as is the case for researchers in the United States,» says Minger.
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