Sentences with phrase «prevents cell suicide»
Knowing the structure of survivin «doesn't clear up the controversy» about how it prevents cell suicide, says biochemist Guy Salvesen of the Burnham Institute in La Jolla.
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Studies of the lens of the eye not only could reveal ways to prevent cataracts but also might illuminate the biology of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other diseases in which cells commit suicide
They also tested other chemicals known to prevent the other two forms of cellular suicide, but only CGP3466B protected mouse nerve cells in the brain from death by cocaine.
Day 0: Around 9,000 stem cells are transferred into V - shaped wells and suspended in a cocktail of vitamins, amino acids and (for the first six days) Y - 27632, a chemical to prevent the stem cells from committing suicide.
ABT - 737 targets proteins known as B - cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl - 2) and Bcl - xL, which prevent apoptosis, a form of cell suicide, in cancer cells.
The next step would be immunosuppressive therapy, which could slow down viral replication by limiting the T cell activation and prevent the CD4 + T cells from committing suicide.
January 23, 1997 How cells prevent suicide Researchers have shown that a mysterious protein, crucial to the survival of cells throughout the body, is able to form a channel through the internal membranes of cells, and thus may perform the vital function of selectively passing atoms or electrically charged ions between the cell's compartments.
Previous research from the Greene laboratory revealed that the main cause of cell death in HIV involves a programmed cell death pathway called pyroptosis, where the cells commit a particularly fiery form of suicide in self - defense to prevent the spread of the virus.
They also act aggressively against cancer by preventing cancer cell proliferation, inducing apoptosis — or cancer cell «suicide» — and inhibiting the formation of new blood vessels that nourish tumor growth.