Sentences with phrase «of normal cellular processes»

This DNA becomes damaged in the course of normal cellular processes, and certain forms of mitochondrial DNA damage - to the thirteen genes needed for oxidative phosphorylation - produce malfunctioning mitochondria that can overtake their cells, either by replicating more readily or being more resistant to quality control mechanisms.

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The technology offers unprecedented views of cellular processes and will allow researchers to observe cells in their natural state, an important step in teasing out normal and disease processes.

«We were able to use a set of cutting - edge tools to gain insight into a critical cellular process for normal brain development, the dysregulation of which may be a manifestation of a genetic predisposition for schizophrenia,» says senior author Dr. Guo - li Ming, of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

The next stage of this study will be to look at how we target this process without interrupting normal cellular functions of non-cancerous cells.»

While normal RNA regulation involves regulated and reversible assembly of RNA - protein particles, both increased cellular age and mutation push the process towards hyperassembly, which leads to altered pools of RNA or RNA regulatory proteins in neurons that contribute to their eventual death.

For setting cancer in the context of ageing tissue, study of normal adult homeostasis is important — we are studying mutational processes, clonal dynamics and cellular competition in thousands of non-cancerous cells and samples from a range of tissue types, in health and disease.

seek to identify the mutational processes underlying mutational signatures found in cancers, characterise the mutational processes operating in normal cells, use phylogenetic analyses of somatic mutations in humans to explore cellular lineages during embryonic development

Aggregation promoting C - terminal truncation of alpha - synuclein is a normal cellular process and is enhanced by the familial Parkinson's disease - linked mutations.

(9) Indeed, the degenerative aging process is by definition one in which the organism progressively accumulates damage to its cellular and molecular components over time, so any genetic or environmental factor that leads to a greater burden of such damage will bear some resemblance to the aging phenotype, irrespective of the causal origin of the defect or its relationship to «normal» aging.

1) Phytonutrients: * Occur naturally in fruits and vegetables * Promote the function of the immune system * Help fight off viruses as well as reduce inflammation * Associated with the treatment and / or prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease 2) Enzymes: * Responsible for metabolic processes that occur within a cell and are necessary for sustaining life * Assist and play a large role in digestion, energy production, blood coagulation and contraction of muscles 3) Amino Acids: * The basic building blocks of protein * Absorption of amino acids is essential for your metabolism 4) Essential Fatty Acids: * Reduce the risk of heart disease and some forms of cancer * Improve mood * Decrease inflammation 5) Vitamins: * Essential for the normal growth and development of all human beings * Healthy maintenance of cell tissues and organs * Help process proteins, carbohydrates and fats required for utilization 6 & 7) Macro and Trace Minerals: * Involved in electrolyte balance of body fluids * Essential for normal cellular activity * Provide hardness to bones and teeth

When we are young and have high levels of NAD +, it is mostly consumed as part of normal cellular respiration process — that is, oxidation of ATP for energy.

Generation of reactive oxygen species, or free radicals such as superoxide and hydrogen peroxide, is a normal byproduct of metabolism, but can damage cellular machinery when excessive and impair the production of cellular energy, which becomes a vicious cycle as energy - intensive repair processes become untenable (25, 26).