Sentences with phrase «primitive cells function»

The idea is the mitochondria — the cellular energy generators — in these primitive cells function better than those in the eggs of women struggling to conceive.

The idea is that the mitochondria — cellular energy generators — in young, primitive cells function much better than those in the mature eggs collected for IVF.

Not exact matches

Laboratory experiments suggest that RNA could have replicated itself and carried out the other functions required to keep a primitive cell alive.

«What I find most fascinating is that it suggests that viruses can function with a sort of primitive «hive mentality» to ensure efficient use of host cell resources, akin to the way worker bees tell others where to locate the best food sources.»

The report «provides hope that even primitive tissues made from stem cells will one day restore the function of dead or diseased organs in patients,» he adds.

The messages that are sent from the outside of the cell to the inner part of the cell control many functions including those activated by, for example, adrenaline in the primitive mammalian fight / flight reactions.