Not exact matches
On the logistics end, it is easier to manufacture certain stem -
cell therapies,
which will be key for
human trials like the heart - muscle - regeneration program.
Organovo, a start - up in Los Angeles, is working
on a process in
which a bioprinter will squirt multiple layers of
human tissue
cells onto special paper.
ReInnervate, a start - up in Durham, England, is developing a tiny, three - dimensional plastic scaffolding
on which human cells can be grown into artificial tissue, and perhaps eventually into replacements for organs.
Research
on a new «gene editing» technology known as CRISPR —
which theoretically allows any
cell or organism to have its genome altered — is advancing exponentially, with early research ongoing
on human embryos created for that purpose.
The
human body has about 1,000 kinds of such receptors, structures
on the surface of
cells,
which let the body respond to a wide variety of chemical signals, like adrenaline.
No doubt it is true, scientifically speaking, that no distinct center of superhuman consciousness has yet appeared
on earth (at least in the living world) for
which it may be claimed or predicted that one day it will exercise a centralizing function, in relation to associated
human thought, similar to the role of the individual «I» in relation to the
cells of the brain.
Unfortunately, at this formative stage in their lives one viewpoint is pushed to the fore
on campus, and that's the opinion that euthanasia, abortion, embryonic stem
cell research and a host of other practices
which strip
humans of their most fundamental right are good things.
There have been lots of
cell and animal research,
which prove that turmeric has a good influence
on a number of illnesses and also several
human studies have shown positive results as well.
«There are perfectly ethical ways of obtaining stem
cells to cure disease,
which do not involve embryo destruction, so no matter what moral value one places
on the
human embryo, we do not need to use it.»
This study built
on previous research from the Sundrud lab,
which showed that when TH17
cells entered the intestine in
human tissue samples, they increased the expression of a gene called MDR1.
To create the effect of tobacco smoke
on cells, Vaz, Baylin and their colleagues began their studies with
human bronchial
cells,
which line the airways of the lungs, and grew them in a laboratory.
Scientists are forced either to experiment
on whole animals,
which is expensive, raises ethical issues and may not predict effects in
humans, or to perform tests
on microscopic
human cells found in tissue cultures,
which have been altered to live forever and bear little relation to actual living, breathing people.
Endocytosis of Frizzled 4 (Fz4) in
human embryonic kidney 293
cells was dependent
on added Wnt5A protein and was accomplished by the multifunctional adaptor protein β - arrestin 2 (βarr2),
which was recruited to Fz4 by binding to phosphorylated Dvl2.
With respect to the latter, it states, «no one shall be under a duty to participate in any manner of research
on human stem
cells to
which he has a conscientious objection.»
Lab testing showed that the plant - made virus particles,
which naturally bind to receptors
on cancer
cells, were taken in by
human breast cancer
cells.
In experiments conducted
on human lung endothelial
cells and in mice, the researchers showed that NS1 caused permeability of the endothelium,
which lines the walls of blood and lymph vessels.
By analyzing chemical changes of the IRS - 2 protein in immortalized cultures of
human white blood
cells, it determined that IRS - 2 appeared in two different forms — «
on,»
which allows the signal to pass through, and «off,»
which stops the signal from activating the
cells into M2 macrophages.
The researchers observed the effect of the synthetically produced molecule, JK - 31,
on the growth and proliferation of a model
human breast cancer
cell line and found that it effectively blocked the protein cyclin - dependent kinase 1 (CDK1),
which plays a key part in the process of the division of cancer
cells, and therefore inhibited the proliferation of the
cells.
The process, reported in
Human Reproduction, utilizes DNA fingerprinting (an assessment of active genes in a given
cell) to boost the success rate of IVF and lower the chances of risky multiple births by identifying
which of several five - day - old embryos are most likely to result in pregnancy The new method,
which will replace unproved alternatives such as choosing embryos based
on their shape, is likely to up the success of women becoming pregnant and lower their chances of having multiple births.
This is in stark contrast to much previous work,
which has focused
on human embryonic stem
cells, or hESCs.
In the past year, the South Korean Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the world's first three stem -
cell treatments — Hearticellgram - AMI, Cupistem and Cartistem —
which followed
on the heels of clinical tests for
human embryonic stem -
cell therapies approved in 2010, according to the health ministry.
Building
on the newly - published pilot study, the team will conduct experiments using a windtunnel
which measures the behaviour of mosquitoes towards odours and electrodes
which track the response of individual odour - detecting
cells from within the antenna of the mosquito in specially - designed secure laboratories at the School to measure the responses of malaria - infected Anopheles gambiae s.s. females to
human odours.
To see whether cancer stem
cell renewal involves a chain of events similar to that used by embryonic stem
cells, and whether the process was affected by oxygen levels, Semenza and graduate student Chuanzhao Zhang focused their studies
on two
human breast cancer
cell lines that responded to low oxygen by ramping up production of the protein ALKBH5,
which removes methyl groups from mRNAs.
The image shows
human cells (green)
on the nanoneedles (orange),
which has DNA injected into the
cells» nuclei (Blue).
The final guidelines
on research with
human embryonic stem
cells issued
on Monday by the National Institutes of Health set out criteria for determining
which ES
cell lines can be used in federally funded experiments and give NIH discretion to approve old lines that don't meet stringent modern ethical requirements.
The authors believe theirs is among the first
human studies to investigate the influence of phthalate exposure
on sperm epigenetics, embryo development and whether DNA methylation in sperm
cells may be a path by
which a father's environmental exposure influences these endpoints.
Wild H5N1 viruses can not latch
on tothe
cells in a person's nose and throat, but the mutant strains created by Fouchier and Kawaoka can spread between ferrets,
which are viewed as a good animal model of flu transmission between
humans.
In March the Field Museum opened a controversial new exhibit called the Evolving Planet,
which takes visitors
on a 4 - billion - year journey that shows life
on Earth developing from single -
celled organisms to dinosaurs and finally to
humans.
The new technique — called DNA Programmed Assembly of
Cells (DPAC) and reported in the journal Nature Methods on August 31, 2015 — allows researchers to create arrays of thousands of custom - designed organoids, such as models of human mammary glands containing several hundred cells each, which can be built in a matter of h
Cells (DPAC) and reported in the journal Nature Methods
on August 31, 2015 — allows researchers to create arrays of thousands of custom - designed organoids, such as models of
human mammary glands containing several hundred
cells each, which can be built in a matter of h
cells each,
which can be built in a matter of hours.
«With the help of animal biologists, we found that chem7 had no effect
on budding yeasts and
human cells,
which indicates that chem7 does not inhibit the
cell division of animal
cells.»
In the second study in Science, researchers from Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, created a chip 1 to 2 centimeters long in
which a 1 millimeter - wide channel, coated with
human lung
cells on the inside and overlaid with
human blood capillaries
on the outside, mimicked the air sacs, or alveoli, of the lungs.
Yet 30 % of American voters describe themselves as evangelicals, and the voices of this massive segment deserve to be heard, according to panel speaker James Childress, formerly of President Bill Clinton's National Bioethics Advisory Commission,
which informed the president
on stem
cell research, cloning, and
human subjects research.
The researchers focused
on one common epigenetic process known as methylation, in
which methyl (CH3) groups attach in various patterns to the genes of
human cells.
- Our results provide new insights into the mechanisms of how POLR3G gene regulates stem
cell state,
which in turn sheds light
on the complex mechanisms with
which human embryonic stem
cells both self - renew and maintain the ability to differentiate.
Malinski's team has developed unique methods and systems of measurements using nanosensors,
which are about 1,000 times smaller in diameter than a
human hair, to track the impacts of Vitamin D3
on single endothelial
cells, a vital regulatory component of the cardiovascular system.
The group focused its efforts
on human pluripotent stem
cells,
which can become all of the body's tissues.
The epithelium's maturation into a villus intestinal epithelium with long finger - like extensions was helped along by co-culturing
human intestinal microvascular endothelial
cells on the opposite side of the shared matrix - coated porous membrane in the «vascular» channel where they assembled a surrogate blood vessel with a hollow lumen through
which feeding medium was flowed.
In an effort to overcome these limitations, a team at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering led by its Founding Director, Donald Ingber, M.D., Ph.D., had previously engineered a microfluidic «Organ -
on - a-Chip» (Organ Chip) culture device in
which cells from a
human intestinal
cell line originally isolated from a tumor were cultured in one of two parallel running channels, separated by a porous matrix - coated membrane from
human blood vessel - derived endothelial
cells in the adjacent channel.
Although this
human Gut Chip recreated the villus epithelium of normal intestine and enabled new insights into how flow and cyclic peristalsis affects intestinal differentiation and function, it could not be used to study processes that relied
on normal intestinal
cells from individual donors,
which, for example, is crucial for studying patient - specific responses for personalized medicine.
MCC is associated with a virus, the Merkel
cell polyomavirus,
which is quite common, often found
on normal
human skin and surfaces that are frequently touched, Dr. Nghiem says.
The researchers modified a type of
human immune
cell — called T lymphocytes, or T
cells — to target a molecule called CS1,
which is found
on more than 95 percent of myeloma
cells, and to kill the
cells.
Researchers at the Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments (FRAME) in Nottingham, have just finished the first stage of development,
which draws
on research showing that
human skin
cells produce chemicals called cytokines when exposed to chemicals that are irritants.
To study this barrier and determine why a lack of blood flow causes it to leak, the researchers built a blood - vessel -
on - a-chip model consisting of a channel lined with a layer of
human endothelial
cells surrounded by extracellular matrix within a microfluidic device,
which allowed them to easily simulate and control the flow of blood through a vessel and evaluate the
cells» responses.
The study,
which is published in the journal Nature Communications, was conducted
on human tumour
cells and
on mice, and offers hope of a much improved therapy for a severe form of cancer.
This study,
which will be published Oct. 24 in eLife, and two other new Northwestern studies in Oncotarget and
Cell Cycle by the Peter group, describe the discovery of the assassin molecules present in multiple
human genes and their powerful effect
on cancer in mice.
Dr. Hashino said these findings are «a real game changer, because up until now, potential drugs or therapies have been tested
on animal
cells,
which often behave differently from
human cells.»
«The resulting hydrogel composed of physically self - assembled CarHC polymers exhibited a rapid gel - sol transition
on light exposure,
which enabled the facile release / recovery of 3T3 fibroblasts and
human mesenchymal stem
cells (hMSCs) from 3D cultures while maintaining their viability.»
By analyzing a dataset of
human immune
cells stimulated with interferon — a signaling protein created in response to pathogens or tumor
cells — the team could precisely identify
which genes were switched
on in each of 13 responding
cell types.
The protein LecA
on the surface of the bacteria binds to sugar
on special lipid molecules, so - called Gb3 lipids,
which are present in the outer membrane of
human cells.
Importantly, intraperitoneal inoculation of pancreatic homogenates containing IAPP aggregates into transgenic mice expressing
human IAPP dramatically accelerates IAPP amyloid deposition,
which was accompanied by clinical abnormalities typical of T2D, including hyperglycemia, impaired glucose tolerance, and a substantial reduction
on β
cell number and mass.