In the study, tests
on human cells demonstrated that catuaba may help fight Parkinson's disease by protecting against the degeneration of certain nerve cells.
Not exact matches
Doesn't the work of some
humans on cloning and stem
cell,
demonstrates that it can be done?
In experiments
on zebrafish, Freiburg researchers have
demonstrated that the same proteins that lead to the formation of metastases in
humans also cause the
cells to migrate during embryonic development.
In experiments
on normal and MLL
cells from mice and
humans, the researchers
demonstrated that beta - catenin is activated in cancer stem
cells that prompt leukaemic blood
cells to multiply.
«Our results
demonstrate for the first time that
human adult skin
cells can be used to efficiently and rapidly generate functional pancreatic
cells that behave similar to
human beta
cells,» says Matthias Hebrok, PhD, director of the Diabetes Center at UCSF and a co-senior author
on the study.
In a statement put
on the Web this morning, NIH reported that all 64 lines «show characteristics of stem
cell morphology» and have undergone several population doublings, and most of them have
demonstrated all the protein markers «known to be associated with
human embryonic stem
cells.»
To overcome this hurdle, researchers genetically engineered
human T
cells to produce a CAR protein that recognizes a glycopeptide found
on various cancer
cells but not normal
cells, and then
demonstrated its effectiveness in mice with leukemia and pancreatic cancer.
In the PNAS paper, the scientists
demonstrated their method
on two genomics problems, the role of gene enhancers in the fruit fly embryo and alternative splicing in a
human - derived
cell line.
«These are very promising findings and, as the first study to
demonstrate protection from Zika in the pregnancy setting, are an important development in our efforts to combat Zika virus,» said Michael Diamond, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Departments of Medicine, Molecular Microbiology, Pathology & Immunology, and Associate Director, Center for
Human Immunology and Immunotherapy Program at Washington University School of Medicine, and a lead author
on the
Cell paper.
Additionally, sex differences were recently also described in the transcriptome of
human placental
cells,
demonstrating an influence of fetal sex
on placental gene expression in a
cell - type dependent manner (186).
While previous studies had
demonstrated a synergistic effect of BMP and LIF
on the astrocytic differentiation of
human neural stem
cells [15], it remains unclear whether BMP and LIF induce distinct types of astrocytes and if so, what the functional properties of these astrocytes may be with respect to repairing CNS injuries.
Ursolic acid, a naturally occurring triterpenoid,
demonstrates anticancer activity
on human prostate cancer
cells.
According to Lise Alschuler, author of the Definitive Guide To Cancer: An Integrative Approach to Prevention, Treatment, and Healing, studies
on flax lignans
demonstrate safety and efficacy in their use against breast cancer, «inhibiting the growth of
human estrogen - dependent breast cancer
cells in mice and strengthening the tumor - inhibitory effect of tamoxifen».