Sentences with phrase «properties affects the cell»

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«Furthermore, we found that these cells are affected by the inflammatory environment and develop inflammatory properties.

«With this discovery in our hands, we'd now like to try to find out which additional immune - cell properties cancer cells have and study how they affect the metastatic process,» says Dr Fuxe.

The cells grew into networks over the material without affecting its optical properties.

Xinde Zheng, a research associate in the Hunter lab, was already studying the properties of cells affected by Leigh syndrome, whose inherited neurodegeneration is caused by a mutation in mitochondrial DNA that reduces ATP production.

The research suggests that reducing production of the protein, called myoferlin, affects cancer cells in two primary ways: by changing the activation of many genes involved in metastasis in favor of normal cell behavior, and by altering mechanical properties of cancer cells — including their shape and ability to invade — so they are more likely to remain nested together rather than breaking away to travel to other tissues.

While researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology don't have a specific application for the doughnut - shaped droplets yet, they believe the novel structures offer opportunities to study many interesting problems, from looking at the properties of ordered materials within these confined spaces to studying how geometry affects how cells behave.

Because the deformation of red blood cells is a key factor in the Fåhræus - Lindqvist layer, its properties are altered in diseases, such as sickle cell anemia, that affect the shape and rigidity of those cells.

«A number of tests demonstrated that these artificially created cells had all of the properties of the affected nerves, including the calcium imbalance and reduced energy production observed in patients.

The research team led by Prof. Fiona Doetsch at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel has now shown that the choroid plexus is a key component of the stem cell niche, whose properties change throughout life and affect stem cell behavior.

Simon's strategy is to compare the effects of a drug on a normal strain of yeast and a strain with a mutation in one of the many genes that affect normal cell division - a property that is disrupted in cancerous cells.

A dominant negative Cx43 mutant differentially affects tumorigenic and invasive properties in human metastatic melanoma cells.

We looked at the different molecular and cell properties they had, how different drugs affected each — essentially comparing and contrasting the two cell types.

The technical evaluation of projects may require the provision of additional data such as information on the genetic modification of your mutant mouse line if applicable (e.g. affected gene, MGI ID of the gene, type of mutation, ES - cell line used, genetic background (e.g. number of backcross generations), safety level, description of DNA modification, vector, remaining non-recipient DNA, donor organism), mutant phenotype (s), special housing or care requirements, current sanitary status, and intellectual property rights (who generated the mouse line, owner of the mouse line)

Thanks to I - chlor's photosensitizing property, laser light of specific wavelengths applied to a tumor containing it causes cancer cells to overheat, killing them without affecting normal cells.

Vitamin D has properties that defend against cell injury caused via free radicals and it affects detoxification pathways which are of importance in disc cell nutritional balance.

Anti-inflammatory property residing in this essential oil will fasten the healing process and restore affected area with new skin cells.

Using photoconductive atomic force microscopy to study the structures of the cells at the nanoscale level, the researchers were able to map photocurrent generation and open circuit voltage in the active layer of the solar cell — two properties that affect the conversion efficiency.

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