Sentences with phrase «produces better cells»

Growing the cells in a three - dimensional substrate that mimics the natural heart environment produces better cells.

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The group already produces electric motors, which turn the wheels, as well as battery cells in - house, and is investing heavily in software development, an increasingly important part of modern cars.

The cell produced by ANT - OAR would have all of the positive properties of a pluripotent stem cell» as well as all of the restrictions in developmental potency such cells normally exhibit.

My philosophy is to keep it «real» (lots of whole foods and fresh produce), cook as many of your own meals as you can, and always get the best ingredients you can afford because they will deliver the highest nutritional value to every cell in your body.

The trigeminal cells are also connected to the production of endorphins, morphine like natural painkillers that produce a sense of well - being.

Lungs: Your babies» lungs are developing «branches» of the respiratory «tree» as well as cells that produce surfactant, a substance that helps air sacs inflate easily.

On other fronts, campaign's media consultant can produce online video clips, though they'll have to adapt to a very different world than that of campaign commercials, and field organizers can embrace Facebook and other social networks as well as cell phones and text messaging.

The manifesto, produced in partnership with Young Minds and the Royal College of Psychiatrists, calls for better quality crisis care for young people, and for an end to the practice of children being held in police cells.

The process takes place by means of a mechanism — unveiled in this study — that inhibits the activity of the osteoblasts, the cells that produce the bone matrix so that bones can grow during childhood and youth, and remain in good condition in adulthood.

The best explanation so far, says Henrietta van Praag, a neurobiologist at the National Institute on Aging, is that exercising the heart somehow stimulates growth factors to produce new nerve cells in the brain.

Despite the presumed virulence of the strain — experiments with mouse lungs showed it produces 1000 times more bacteria in infected cells than do standard varieties — Valway says the number of TB cases that developed were kept in line with other typical outbreaks, which «shows that doing good contact investigations is important and preventative therapy works.»

Kingsman and her collaborators at the IMM and elsewhere hope to attach the HRE to a protein that is toxic to the cancer cells in which it is produced, as well as neighbouring cancer cells.

She found «an increase in IgA -[immunoglobulin --RSB- producing B cells in both the colon and the lymph nodes» as well as an increase in T helper cells in the lymph nodes.

Professor Ali Tavassoli, who led the study with colleague Dr. Ishna Mistry, explains: «In an effort to better understand the role of HIF - 1 in cancer, and to demonstrate the potential for inhibiting this protein in cancer therapy, we engineered a human cell line with an additional genetic circuit that produces the HIF - 1 inhibiting molecule when placed in a hypoxic environment.

Through their signaling prowess, IDPs help regulate the gas and brake pedals for producing proteins from the DNA code, according to evidence that has accumulated over the past decade, as well as the process by which cells divide.

Their stem cell - like properties enable them to maintain a pool of cancer stem cells within the tumor, as well as to produce new mature tumor cells.

Moreover, because they had an idea of what cells the genes came from and what kinds of gene sequences produce what kinds of proteins, they were able to draw some conclusions about what all those genes are good for.

Because carotid cells produce so much dopamine — up to 45 times more than the fetal neurons — and because they thrive in the relatively low oxygen concentrations found in the brain, he explains, they may do a better job at correcting Parkinson's symptoms than the fetal cells do — and they raise fewer ethical questions.

In his own research, he's found evidence suggesting that producing certain mitochondrial proteins right where they're needed helps the cell better regulate energy production.

Of particular interest are the emerging techniques for genomics and proteomics, which allow profiles of gene expression and protein synthesis to be produced and comparisons to be made between normal and abnormal cells, as well as between cells before and after exposure to medicines or toxic chemicals.

The resulting paleofeces can survive for centuries, encapsulating a mixed pool of DNA that includes cells from the animal that produced it, as well as a sampling of the animal's diet.

Linked to green fluorescent protein (GFP), the biosensors can be used to trigger individual cells to give off visible fluorescence in a rate directly proportional to how well they are able to produce a desired chemical commodity.

DNA methylation is one form of epigenetic modification being studied by scientists trying to understand how the same genetic code can produce so many different cells and tissues as well as differences between individuals as closely related as twins.

Companies have been using these dots to produce more efficient photovoltaic cells as well as to make light - emitting diodes (LEDs) more versatile.

Sometimes telomerase is a good guy because it helps produce immune cells and stops telomeres from shortening, but it can also make cells immortal, which prompts them to turn malignant.

«With a better understanding of how potential is regulated, it could be possible to broaden the development spectrum of aging stem cells, allowing them to regain their capacity to produce cell types from earlier development stages, which in the long - term perspective could be relevant to future treatment methods for neurodegenerative disease.»

That's why DARPA is hoping it can help scientists get much better at modifying the metabolic and genetic machinery of cells to produce useful products such as fuels.

When grafted onto bald mice, the cells produced not only furry tufts but stretches of skin complete with the oil - producing glands that help keep it supple as well.

In the paper, the scientists report that their method produced more than twice the yield of potential bone - makers (9 percent) compared to their best application of another method: sorting cells based on surface proteins presumed to indicate that a cell is a stem cell (4 percent).

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is hoping it can help scientists get much better at modifying the metabolic and genetic machinery of cells to produce useful products such as fuels.

Key immune system cells produced before birth may survive well into adulthood, according to new research published in PLOS Computational Biology.

During that time, 42 of these stem cells underwent a spurt of division, churning out two kinds of cells: intermediate cells that would go on to produce nerve cells as well as mature nerve cells themselves.

The health of the human vagina depends on a symbiotic / mutually beneficial relationship with «good» bacteria that live on its surface feeding on products produced by vaginal skin cells.

In practice, however, lung cells — especially from older, ill patients — won't grow well enough in culture, but will have to be produced from stem cells or induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, she says.

By constructing a library of cells that produce AHL at different rates, the researchers could identify the best time to trigger shutdown of Pfk.

But Wormser says that thin - film cells have the potential to produce more power over time than the older technology, because they resist the sun's heat better and produce more power when the temperature spikes.

As well as the potential to produce pigment - correct skin grafts, the team's 3D bioprinting method could also be used to develop skin constructs for toxicology testing and fundamental cell biology research.

Doctoral student and first author Tim Gehan says that organic solar cells made in this way can be semi-transparent, as well, «so you could replace tinted windows in a skyscraper and have them all producing electricity during the day when it's needed.

While it has been well - established that people should avoid behaviors like smoking to decrease cancer risk, it is less well - known that each time a normal cell divides and copies its DNA to produce two new cells, it makes multiple mistakes.

Carol Gillis, a longtime veterinarian and researcher who specializes in soft - tissue injuries in racehorses, says that the more than 22,000 ultrasound images she has captured in her studies and clinical practice have convinced her that with a tightly regimented exercise program, tendons and ligaments will heal, producing strong, well - organized fibers — all without the use of stem cells.

While megakaryocytes are best known for producing platelets that heal wounds, these «mega» cells found in bone marrow also play a critical role in regulating stem cells according to new research from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research.

As development proceeds, neural crest cells break away, migrating from head to toe to form tissues involved in pigmentation, muscles, teeth, bone, cartilage, and adrenal glands, which produce stress hormones as well as testosterone.

Among other effects, immune cells disrupt the function of the endothelial layer, the lining of the blood vessels, counteracting «all the good things that the endothelial cells produce,» says physiologist Brett Mitchell of Texas A&M College of Medicine in College Station.

It is believed to result from a combination of genetics and environmental factors such as irritants and allergens that drive T lymphocytes to produce factors that cause abnormal changes in keratinocytes, the predominant cell type in the outermost layer of skin, as well as changes in other cells in the underlying dermis.

The team used patterned photoactivation non-linear SIM to produce videos showing structural proteins break down and reassemble themselves as cells move and change shape, as well as the dynamics of tiny pits on cell surfaces called caveolae.

The memory T cells were also better at juggling tasks: Whereas individual naïve T cells produced only one specific cytokine, each memory cell churned out a number of them, in amounts up to 50 times higher.

First Solar's solar cells — the U.S. best seller — produce electricity when sunlight strikes a thin film of cadmium telluride sandwiched between glass.

These results provide an important step towards possible future applications as a luminescent material, such as for lighting and displays, as well as light absorbers in solar cells and photocatalysts for producing solar fuel.

New study finds it's not just dopamine - producing cells, but likely ones that secrete norepinephrine, as well, that kick - start the movement disorder

The first parameter — the relative amounts of FAD to NADH — can reveal how well the cell is consuming oxygen, metabolizing sugars, or producing or breaking down fat molecules.