Sentences with phrase «other blood cell types»

Patients with Diamond - Blackfan anemia (DBA)-- an inherited disorder which disrupts the development of red cells in affected patients, but which does not affect the development of other blood cell types — offer researchers a particularly useful model for the study of these proteins.

Felice notes, however, that in humans «BCL11A is expressed in other blood cell types,» which means that silencing it with treatments could lead to complications not seen in the current mouse study.

Aging is a key risk factor for sAML because, over time, hematopoietic stem cells (which give rise to all other blood cell types) accumulate DNA mutations and changes in other molecules that put DNA instructions into action, such as RNA and proteins.

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However, there may be other conditions that cause an exaggeration of this type of jaundice, such as a more rapid than normal breakdown of red blood cells.

However, there may be other conditions which cause an exaggeration of this type of jaundice, such as a more rapid than normal breakdown of red blood cells.

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It also sought to match epigenetic changes and genetic differences to the physical characteristics of each cell type and use this knowledge to understand how these can lead to blood disorders, cancer and other complex diseases.

Other adult stems cells exist — such as hematopoietic stem cells, which can generate all types of blood cell and mesenchymal stem cells, which can turn into bone, fat and cartilage cells.

Also, researchers could carefully select which blood types to culture with each batch of stem cells, creating stockpiles of needed blood products for people with extremely rare blood types whose blood cell makeup makes it challenging to find good blood matches for transfusions because they would reject most other types of blood.

When mixed with two other types of cells, the fabricated primitive liver cells organized themselves into three - dimensional structures, complete with blood vessels.

While blood cells live in a convenient, easily studied liquid, most other cell types have been harder to analyze in the laboratory.

The minimodels still lack many basic components, including certain cell types, a blood - vessel network and inputs from other neural regions.

Copeland's team also noted that these mice suffered from a host of immune - related problems, the most crippling being a flood of macrophages — a type of white blood cell — damaging the lungs and other organs.

IL - 17 attracted other immune cells called neutrophils — the most abundant type of white blood cell — to the conjunctiva and induced the release of anti-microbial proteins into the tears.

They looked at white blood cells called monocytes, a major cell type involved in rheumatoid arthritis, and found that those cells behaved differently in one group than in the other.

«Since patients with many types of cancer have elevated levels of myeloisd cells in their blood, it's possible that other tumors could have a similar interaction with bone to increase myeloid cell production.»

If each cell is genetically identical, however, how does it grow to be a skin, blood, nerve, bone or other type of cell?

In a matter of weeks, the single stem cell repopulated the mouse's blood and immune system but did not create other types of cells.

The antibody fragment was selected because it uniquely binds to the cell membranes of red blood cell precursors while avoiding other types of blood cells that control clotting and vessel growth.

Haruko Obokata of the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology (CDB) in Kobe, Japan, and colleagues at other Japanese institutions and at Harvard Medical School in Boston reported that simply subjecting blood cells from newborn mice to a moderately acidic environment for 25 minutes and then tweaking culture conditions could generate pluripotent stem cells capable of developing into nearly all of a body's cell types.

The results show that generation of an optimal immune response to cancer requires cooperation between two types of memory T cell — one circulating in the blood and the other resident in tissues — that can be reactivated with current immunotherapy strategies.

The findings suggested that different types of blood cells produce vastly different amounts of protein per hour, and stem cells in particular synthesize much less protein than any other blood - forming cells.

Professor Chien's research on how blood flow regulates interaction between the blood stream, blood cells and artery walls also leads to new information relevant to other types of cells, e.g., stem cells and cancer cells.

Interpretation of neutrophil studies is limited by the fact that they have fewer mitochondria than muscle cells or other types of blood cells.

Depending on characteristics such as how many tumor cells, blood vessel cells, and immune cells are touching each other, the tumor microenvironment can nearly triple the chance that a common type of breast cancer (estrogen - receptor positive / HER2 negative) that has reached the lymph nodes will also metastasize, Condeelis and colleagues showed in a 2014 study of 3,760 patients.

In separate experiments reported in Nature — one with mice, the other transplanting human stem cells into mouse bone marrow — researchers demonstrated techniques with the potential to produce all types of blood cells.

One of these tissue types, specifically the mesoderm, develops into skeletal muscle cells (along with other cell types, including cardiac muscle, kidney cells, red blood cells, and smooth muscle).

He continues to investigate and optimize CAR T cell therapy, to make it more effective not only for blood cancers, but also to help patients with other types of cancer.

Once implanted, the cells are designed to differentiate into the various cell types that make up the pancreatic islet, which could allow for production of insulin and other hormones, such as glucagon, needed to control blood sugar levels.

There are many different types of adult stem cells: umbilical cord blood stem cells, bone marrow stem cells, mesenchymal stem cells, endothelial stem cells, cardiac stem cells, muscle stem cells, and others.

Other research has shown that oxygen - deprived cells in the retina produce a type of protein called vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), which triggers the growth of new blood vessels in the retina.

We found that it is very selective and potent at stopping the growth of blood vessel cells without having negative effects on the growth of other cell types from the eye and elsewhere in the body.

This is basically tweaking the molecules: making small chemical changes to the compound in hopes of finding something that could block the growth of blood vessel cells initially in the culture dish without having toxic effects on other cell types.

Injections of Growth Factors, when used for many other types of medical treatments, are made from a patient's own blood and blood cells and is called PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) or PDGF (Platelet Derived Growth Factors) Therapy.

Many currently available obesity drugs are unable to pass through a filtering mechanism in the brain called the blood - brain barrier, which is formed by astrocytes and other cell types.

With this anti-aging supplement, the increase in stem cells released from the bone marrow into the blood stream have the potential to become other types of tissue cells with specialized function.

Sometimes doctors prescribe anabolic steroids to help patients with HIV gain weight and to treat certain types of severe anemia (low red blood cells) or other health problems.

Provide and support healthy body functions such as normalizing blood sugar and clotting, maintaining oxygen levels in the cells, acting as a natural antidepressant, protecting against any type of cancer and being a precursor for other hormones.

So they changed it into TV - 14 because the kids and the fans definitely want to see the superstars tear each other limb from limb whether it's a Hell in a Cell, a First Blood match, any type of match just like in ECW and FMW.

This means that they can become any type of blood cell but can not be used to repair other parts of the body.

When the white and red blood cells are seen through a microscope, the veterinarian can also obtain information about the type of anemia, inflammation or any other abnormalities.

The blood work, as well as any analysis of other secretions, should show elevated levels of a particular type of cell called an eosinophil.

The total number of cells and the relative percentages of the different types of white blood cells can help diagnose infection, stress, leukemia (a type of blood cancer) and other bone marrow disorders.

Eosinophils are a type of white blood cell which occur in higher numbers when heartworm for cats is present, but can also indicate the presence of other parasites besides cat heartworm.

While some believe that these tumors are a soft tissue sarcoma, others have categorized malignant histiocytosis as a type of histiocytic sarcoma, which may be influenced by an abnormally large amount of histiocytes, a type of white blood cells that are integral to immune system functions.

As you can see there is some overlap in these conditions and there are similar conditions associated with other types of white blood cells.

For this reason, paramedics and firemen have been trained to search a subject's cell phone to find ICE (in case of emergency) contacts that know your allergies, blood type, and other vital details.

Lab Technician — ABO Laboratories — May 2012 — Present • Execute a variety of laboratory assays and tests in accordance with established procedures, policies, and regulations; ensure samples are properly labeled and stored • Study blood samples for transfusions and record the blood group, number of cells, blood type, cell morphology, and other blood type compatibility • Perform procedural and instrument calibrations, document all quality control activities, and perform regular equipment maintenance • Identify problems that may negatively affect test results or performance; correct issues immediately and properly notify supervisor • Maintain meticulous records and demonstrate that the testing of samples is done in the same manner as patient specimens; promote cost - effective testing practices and reduce waste by 10 percent