Sentences with phrase «on cell lines»

The authors were led into the realm of muscle and sex when they realized that they were relying heavily on cell lines derived from female mice to study muscle regeneration.

Many scientific journals require researchers who report results based on cell line experiments to use DNA profiling to establish the identity of the used cells.

Cell response often depends on the cell line and the type and amount of fatty acids present.

Last night, Bush announced the results of his months of deliberations: Federal funding is permitted, but only for research on cell lines already established from embryos discarded by fertility clinics.

Focusing on energy - transfer, they measured the impact on cell lines in a laboratory of 7 substances, the clinically - approved drug stiripentol, 3 natural products — caffeic acid phenyl ester (CAPE), silibinin and ascorbic acid — and experimental pharmaceuticals, such as actinonin, FK866 and 2 - DG.

Less than two months into his presidency, Obama announced that he would reverse the Bush policies by allowing research on cell lines created after the Bush ban.

For decades, biology research has relied on cell lines grown in flat sheets in petri dishes, but those sheets lack the structural complexity of living tissue.

She said genetic tests on the cell line described in Hwang's 2004 paper in Science, purportedly describing creation of the first — and so far the only — human cell line cloned from a healthy oocyte donor, are ongoing.

Antril, which is classified as an interleukin - 1 receptor antagonist, occupies the site on cells lining blood vessels where interleukin - 1 docks before it triggers an immune response.

The team used five types of antibiotics — including one used to treat acne (doxycycline)-- on cell lines of eight different types of tumour and found that four of them eradicated the cancer stem cells in every test.

In addition to the afatinib - resistant NSCLC cells, the researchers tested the neratinib and valproic acid combination on cell lines derived from human pancreatic and ovarian cancers containing K - Ras mutations and N - Ras mutations, respectively.

They measured cellular toxicity of 156 compounds on these cell lines, which represented individuals from nine subpopulations throughout Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas.

The researchers tested honokiol on cell lines derived from human cancers of the oral cavity, larynx, tongue, and pharynx.

In accordance with that decision, the new guidelines would allow scientists to use NIH funds for research on cell lines isolated from embryos as long as the cells were derived by privately funded researchers who followed a set of ethical guidelines.

«We have taken the data offline until the question has been resolved of whether the family consents to the public availability of genomic information on the cell line,» writes an EMBL spokesperson in an e-mail to ScienceInsider.

Tiny hair - like structures on cells lining your airways, called cilia, push the mucus back up to your throat.

Red foods like red bell peppers and tomatoes contain a phytochemical called lycopene, which may have an anti-inflammatory affect on the cells lining the heart and blood vessels, and may reduce the risk of developing prostate cancer among other cancers such as breast, lung, bladder, ovarian, and colon.

Here E. histolytica is able to colonize and feed on the cells lining the colon, causing lesions that develop into ulcers.

The resulting «map» of gene - drug interactions allowed the researchers to accurately predict the responses of multiple human cancer cell lines to different chemotherapy agents based on the cell lines» genetic profiles and also revealed new genetic factors that appear to determine the response of breast and ovarian tumor cells to common classes of chemotherapy treatment.

«Most researchers have relied on cell lines to screen the effect of drugs and other treatments including viruses,» said Dr. Cripe, who also is a professor at The Ohio State University College of Medicine.

On March 9, 2009, President Obama lifted the ban that had previously restricted the use of federal funds for embryonic stem cell research on cell lines that had been created after August 9, 2001.

Importantly, the research was carried out on cell lines derived directly from glioblastoma patients, enabling the team to test the approach on evolving, drug - resistant tumours.

«Our work suggests relying on cell lines might cause researchers to miss effective therapies if they dismiss them based solely on cell line data.»

On 9 August, President George W. Bush announced that federal funding of stem cell research is permitted, but only for that on cell lines already established from embryos discarded by fertility clinics by the time of his statement.

The President declared that federal funds could be used to support research on cell lines that were already in existence on that date.