Sentences with phrase «prevent abnormal cell»

A number of the mechanisms which help prevent abnormal cell growth are avoided in cancer cells.

Another study from the Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, stated that the monoterpene d - limonene found in large quantities in certain therapeutic essential oils has been shown to prevent abnormal cells from developing.

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Deep brain stimulation is used in Parkinson's disease to trigger brain cell activity and prevent the abnormal signalling that causes debilitating tremors, but placing the electrodes required is highly invasive.

Treating the mice with antibodies against CD4 + T - cells four weeks after experimental heart attacks — to deplete that subset of T - cells — prevented the progressive abnormal enlargement of the left ventricle that leads to heart failure, as compared with untreated mice.

Researchers are studying how NK cells recognize cancer cells as abnormal and how other cells, known as regulatory T cells, can command NK cells to hold their fire, in order to prevent them from attacking the body's own tissues.

Therefore it is vital that they maintain optimal functionality to prevent the development of abnormal cells,» states co-author Jessica Beaudoin.

Abnormal levels of the proteins may be useful biomarkers that could help us study early treatments to limit or reverse the damage to brain cells and even prevent the development of the full - blown disease,» said study author Edward Goetzl, MD, a Professor of Medicine with the University of California, San Francisco, a researcher at the National Institute on Aging, and a scientist of NanoSomiX, Inc., a California - based biotechnology company that provided a grant for method development for the study.

«If centrioles aren't there to aid proper chromosome segregation, p53 acts as backup to prevent making abnormal cells.

For example, Gladstone scientists are researching how autophagy — a process by which cells eliminate abnormal proteins — can help to prevent the destruction of brain cells.

Only by understanding the behavior of normal cells, she maintained, would scientists learn how to prevent abnormal behaviors, such as cancer.

When white blood cells multiply in an abnormal and uncontrolled way, these immature cells take over, literally crowding the bone marrow thereby preventing it from producing healthy blood cells and causing a shortage of red blood cells.

(2) To limit further liver damage by preventing accumulation of copper and free radicals (3) To support liver cell regeneration (4) To prevent or minimize possible complications, such as abnormal brain function caused by passage of toxic substances from the liver to the blood (called hepatic encephalopathy) and the buildup of fluid in your dog's abdomen (called ascites).

For the high - risk types of HPV that can eventually lead to cancer, finding abnormal cell changes through regular Pap tests and / or HPV tests is the best way you can prevent cervical cancer.