Sentences with phrase «prostate cells from a patient»

For the first time, researchers have been able to grow, in a lab, both normal and primary cancerous prostate cells from a patient, and then implant a million of the cancer cells into a mouse to track how the tumor progresses.

Not exact matches

Spearheaded by first author Christopher McNair, PhD, a graduate student in the laboratory of Dr. Knudsen, the study undertook an extensive analysis of tumor samples and cell - free DNA samples from patients with advanced, lethal - stage prostate cancer.

But by sequencing the entire genomes of seven prostate tumors and comparing them with genomes from the patients» normal cells, the researchers discovered an unexpected phenomenon.

Furthermore, they found that D4A is more effective than abiraterone at killing aggressive prostate cancer cells, suggesting that some patients may benefit from direct treatment with D4A.

In the case of gene editing, Verma is creating induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from patients by taking, for example, skin cells of patients, coaxing them back into an early stem cell state, and then providing conditions to make those cells develop into more complex brain, lung, prostate and breast tissues.

The team is currently working on genome sequencing of individual circulating tumour cells from patients at the Vancouver Prostate Centre.

A study funded by the US Public Health Service studied the effects of pomegranate juice on prostate cancer cells taken from patients and determined that pomegranate extract was able to slow down the growth of cancer in these cells.