Sentences with phrase «of normal body cells»

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

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Catholics take it as literal... The body is certainly not resurrected in terms of the cell, the protoplasm, the DNA... that certainly doesn't happen any more than the wafer turns into [the literal body of Christ]... in the sense in which any normal use of the English language would understand.

The overgrowth of promyelocytes leads to a shortage of normal white and red blood cells and platelets in the body, which causes many of the signs and symptoms of the condition.

Psoriasis (Ps) and psoriatic (so - rye - AT - ick) arthritis (PsA) are conditions of the immune system that affect the normal production of healthy skin cells on the body.

The latest findings show that genetic defects in the body's ability to manufacture carnitine might be associated with an increased risk of autism because carnitine deficiency interferes with the normal processes by which neural stem cells promote and organize embryonic and fetal brain development.

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.

The researchers believe the hammerhead shark reproduced by a type of asexual reproduction called automictic parthenogenesis, whereby an unfertilised egg is activated to behave as a normal fertilised egg by a small, nearly genetically identical cell known as the sister polar body.

Fat cells cultured from the body mass index of a morbidly obese patient cause multiple myeloma cells to anchor to a much greater extent than normal cells and produce a significantly larger number of blood vessels to sustain the cancer cells.

Murphy found that the normal pattern of gene activation seen in aging wild - type C. elegans was reversed in the body cells and oocytes of IGF - 1 mutants.

It is unclear how the entire body is affected because Spector looked only at telomeres, nucleotides on the ends of chromosomes that slowly erode as cells copy themselves during normal aging.

Being obese or having a higher body mass index (BMI) while carrying a BRCA (BReast CAncer gene) mutation is positively linked with higher levels of damage to the DNA in normal breast gland cells, new research suggests.

And because carotid - body cells make lots of dopamine, they might be able to make up for the loss of the normal dopamine - producing neurons.

These beverages may give some protection against the ravages of oxidizing chemicals that we breathe in or that cells in our bodies produce as the cells go about their normal housekeeping functions.

In the absence of pain, morphine interferes with normal body function and is viewed as a pathogen, activating the brain's innate immune cells and causing the release of inflammatory chemicals such as cytokines.

Although electrolyte leakage is still undesired, its danger is minimized by the use of either the normal saline solution pumped into the body in most IV treatments or a cell - culture medium that contains amino acids, sugars, and vitamins in addition to sodium ions and thus mimics the fluid that surrounds human cells.

The normal function of RIPK2 is to send warning signals to cells that bacterial infection has occurred, which in turn spurs the body to mobilize white blood cells.

A normal cell has chemical receptors on its surface that link up with specific molecules generated by the body and control the timing of such functions as eating and sleeping.

All are driven by cells and genes that escape the normal process of division and begin their own plan to replicate in the body.

Thirty days later, however, when the protein had been cleared from their bodies, the animals» memory troubles were gone as well, and the number of newly formed brain cells was back to normal.

The compound increases bone mass by protecting and increasing the activity of bone cells in various stages of normal bone mantanence, utilizing mechanisms that overlap those that regulate whole - body energy metabolism.

For normal cells to thrive in the body, «they need to be attached to their neighbors and their surroundings,» says the study's lead author Anil Sood from The University of Texas M. D, Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

The challenge for the future now lies in finding a suitable type of «grit» for this black ice that slows down the proliferation of leukemia cells to normal levels without damaging the other healthy cells in the body.

Kipnis and his colleagues wondered how smart mice would be if they had a normal supply of T cells everywhere in their bodies except the meninges, so he injected a compound into mice that prevented T cells from reaching the meninges.

Membranes of animal cells are not solid and at normal body temperature resemble vegetable oil in consistency.

A form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, follicular lymphoma develops when the body starts making abnormal B - cells, which are white blood cells that in normal conditions fight infections.

Importantly, normal cells in the body do not have SETD2 mutations, so these effects of WEE1 inhibition are potentially very selective to cancer cells.»

Zinc is the second most abundant trace metal in the human body (next to calcium) and an essential dietary nutrient that's crucial for normal cell growth, a strong immune system and healthy nerve function — to name just a few of its widespread influences.

Normal cells often have proved impractical because they can only divide a limited number of times in culture, and once returned to the body they're often too old to do much good.

They compared the number of cytotoxic T cells — which help battle a virus by killing body cells that harbor it — in normal mice and animals missing IL - 33.

Presumably, a scaffold provides some sort of microenvironment — a niche that allows a cell to adopt the normal 3D morphology that it would have in the body.

These molecules are the by - product of a normal functioning body, so our cells have developed a mechanism to counteract them.

As part of the body's normal, healthy immune response to infection, the barrier formed by blood vessel cells temporarily loosens, allowing white blood cells to exit the bloodstream and attack the invading bacteria or virus, Rehman said.

US scientists have successfully generated hypothalamic - like neurons from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) taken from the blood and skin cells of super-obese individuals and people with a normal body weight.

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.

Our bodies need to do this to maintain homeostasis or normal functioning by breaking down proteins and turnover of the destroyed cell organelles for new cell formation.

Still another crucial part of creating a realistic organ proxy is the ability to reproduce a range of physical and other forces that influence normal cell development and behavior in the body.

These nerve cells send signals to tell the body's digestive system how to respond properly and regulate normal functions of digestion.

But the protein can also change the genetic sequence of a normal cell, altering the body's blueprint and making mutations that cause cancers.

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.

Unlike the case of most gene therapies that are intended to permanently alter their target cells, however, Oisín's senoablative genetic constructs will not be inserted permanently into the patient's genome: instead, its genetic payload will be expressed temporarily from the main body of the cell, following which the construct will be passively degraded by normal cellular metabolism.

Paligenosis, Mills explains, appears similar to apoptosis — the programmed death of cells as a normal part of an organism's growth and development — in that it seems to happen the same way in every cell, regardless of its location in the body.

NKG2D is a type of immunoreceptor — a molecule present on the surface of the body's immune cells that recognises signals from normal cells that are distressed.

Primary aging is what your body does to you even under the best of circumstances: cell and tissue damage that accumulates as a form of biological wear and tear, created as a result of the normal, healthy operation of metabolism.

Senescent cells originate from normal cells of our body that irreversibly cease to proliferate in response to DNA damage.

By reconstructing the structured order of the living machinery of our tissues, these rejuvenation biotechnologies will restore the normal functioning of the body's cells and essential biomolecules, returning aging tissues to health and bringing back the body's youthful vigor.

Most brain cancers are invasive and may crowd out healthy cells and damage normal tissue, although they rarely spread to other parts of the body.

Cell biologist Dr. Jonathan Cooper and his team are working to pinpoint how cells rearrange their inner scaffolding when they travel through the body — cell migration is a key part of both normal development and tumor metastaCell biologist Dr. Jonathan Cooper and his team are working to pinpoint how cells rearrange their inner scaffolding when they travel through the body — cell migration is a key part of both normal development and tumor metastacell migration is a key part of both normal development and tumor metastasis.

The enzyme telomerase is present in more than 95 % of all types of human cancers and absent in normal cells in the body.

Epigenetics are modifications on top of the DNA sequences and regulate expression of the DNA within each cell of the body as required for normal development and functioning.

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.