Sentences with phrase «provide cell structure»

Both saturated fat and cholesterol improve brain function, fix or provide cell structure, and cholesterol improves memory and builds sex hormones.

From providing a source of energy, rebuilding tissue and muscle, hormone production, immune health, enzymes, digestive health, and providing cell structure to the growth of our hair, skin, and nails, protein is where it's at.

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If you can let the gluten free bread dough rise overnight in a cool place, the slower rise will provide a stronger cell structure and more of a sourdough flavor when baked the next day.

Tau helps provide structure to brain cells, is a marker for axonal damage — and is also what McKee finds spotted throughout the brains she examines in her Boston U. lab.

«The new Park Nanoscience Center at SUNY Polytechnic Institute provides researchers with greater access to Park Systems» cutting - edge AFM nanoscopic tools, featuring reliable and repeatable high - resolution imaging of nanoscale cell structures in any environment without damage to the sample.»

By encapsulating the follicles in the alginate and providing the growing cells with precise mixtures of nutrients and hormones, researchers at the ONPRC and elsewhere have been able to mimic the ovary's natural structure in the laboratory.

The process is free of dyes, stains or other invasive chemicals and provides extremely crisp images of cells and their internal structures.

The pattern and rate of this perfusion guides how the bone structure grows, just as blood does in vivo, and the physical stimulation of the cells provided by this flow is critical for proper growth.

Building from two subunits, alpha and beta tubulin, this protein assembles into microtubules that play a vital role inside cells — giving structure, pushing or pulling other things around, or providing a track on which other molecules can pull themselves along.

«They provide structure and do a lot of the signaling within a cell.

An ear scaffold, left, provides the structure to grow human cells.A kidney stripped of cells, right, awaits an injection of human kidney cells, part of the process of engineering a new organ.

Now, 60 years after Turing's death, researchers from Brandeis University and the University of Pittsburgh have provided the first experimental evidence that validates Turing's theory in cell - like structures.

Right now they can create very thin layers of muscle tissue that are a few layers thick or something, but beyond that, you need a three - dimensional kind of a structure that provides nutrients in and out and removes waste, keeps the cells alive essentially.

Sheldrake's basic folly, argues Wolpert, is that he is pushing the notion of morphic resonance at precisely the time when strictly biochemical analysis of cell structure and organization is close to providing a comprehensive explanation for morphogenesis, the process by which living creatures acquire their shapes.

By providing a first look at the structure of the protein complex that includes FGF23 and its co-receptors, the FGF receptor and a-Klotho, the most recent study challenges the long - accepted belief that only the cell - attached form of aKlotho can serve as a receptor for FGF23 and hence that FGF23 action is restricted to tissues having the cell - attached form.

The lipid type, ceramide, also has a functional role in various signaling pathways and affects synaptic function, although its primary role is not in the synapse, but providing structure in cell membranes.

This research provides new insights into the structure of the stem cell niche in health and after injury.

A high - resolution map of the human cell has been generated — part of the Human Protein Atlas database — that provides the in situ localization of 12,036 human proteins at a single - cell level, covering 30 subcellular structures, and enabling 14 major organelle proteomes to be defined.

Rutgers University scientists have discovered the three - dimensional structure of a gene - specific transcription activation complex, providing the first structural and mechanistic description of the process cells use to turn on, or activate, specific genes in response to changes in cell type, developmental state and environment.

The circular structure made the cells attach to each other as they formed little rings, providing a more flexible attachment.

Such an autocatalytic system also provides an entirely novel mechanism for the growth of ring - shaped structures, which differs fundamentally from that used for daughter cell segregation in eukaryotic cell division: In eukaryotes, specific motor proteins which attach to the cell membrane and undergo active contraction are essential for this process, Denk points out.

Super-resolution microscopy is a technique that can «see» beyond the diffraction of light, providing unprecedented views of cells and their interior structures and organelles.

The new methods dramatically improve on the spatial resolution provided by structured illumination microscopy, one of the best imaging methods for seeing inside living cells.

Rodriguez also concludes that including selective facial bone structure in addition to the chin of the donor provided natural bone marrow stem cells to help the transplanted face thrive following the surgery, and provided the necessary positional support for the facial soft tissues.

These studies show that the DNA found inside mitochondria, the cellular structures whose job is to provide cells with energy, is particularly vulnerable, most probably because they handle oxidative chemical reactions.

These network - like structures maintain the cell's shape, provide mechanical support, and are involved in critical processes of the cell's lifecycle.

Now, with publication of a study by investigators at the Cedars - Sinai Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute, ALS researchers know the effects of the attack are worsened, at least in part, by the aging and failure of support cells called astrocytes, which normally provide nutrients, housekeeping, structure and other forms of assistance for neurons.

Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology in Japan have succeeded in inducing human embryonic stem cells to self - organize into a three - dimensional structure similar to the cerebellum, providing tantalizing clues in the quest to recreate neural structures in the laboratory.

Heparanase is a long - studied protein in human tissues involved in breaking down the complex sugars of the «extracellular matrix» — the material surrounding cells that provides structure and stability.

Now, scientists at the Salk Institute and the University of California, San Diego, have for the first time provided an unprecedented view of the 3D structure of human chromatin — the combination of DNA and proteins — in the nucleus of living human cells.

This research is providing fundamental knowledge about the relationship between electronic properties and molecular structure of materials that could be used in solar cells.

Typically, this involves creating a «scaffold» of natural or synthetic materials, seeding it with human stem cells that can differentiate themselves into particular tissue types, and providing the cells with nutrients and a physical environment that encourages them to take on the three - dimensional structures and functions of a particular body part.

The MS - D approach is already being used to extract biological structure from cell images, and is expected to provide a major new computational tool to analyze data across a wide range of research areas.

Herein, we describe the Cancer Stem Cells Therapeutic Target Database (CSCTT), the first online database to provide a rich bioinformatics resource for the display, search, and analysis of structure, function, and related annotation for therapeutic targets of cancer stem cCells Therapeutic Target Database (CSCTT), the first online database to provide a rich bioinformatics resource for the display, search, and analysis of structure, function, and related annotation for therapeutic targets of cancer stem cellscells.

Today, analyzing and editing genomes, proteomes and metabolomes has become a standard for many model systems; imaging beyond the diffraction limit of light and new technologies for studying protein structures provide insights deeper than ever before; the characterization of large populations of cells or organisms brings unprecedented statistical power; and studying nearly all organisms of an ecosystems as a whole allows generating comprehensive models.

In the limbus, the cells are found in structures termed the palisades of Vogt, that are believed to provide a supportive and protective environment to the LESCs.

An earlier instrument, also invented at ORNL, provided imaging of poplar cell wall structures that yielded unprecedented topological information, advancing fundamental research in sustainable biofuels.

«This discovery will advance our understanding of stem cell epigenetics and chromatin structures, provide potential mechanisms on maintaining the hallmark properties of ES cells, and help researchers with the rich source of information to better understand some of the unique features — such as self - renewal and pluripotency — of human embryonic stem cells,» said Ng Huck Hui, Ph.D., senior group leader at GIS and a member of the Singapore team that conducted this research.

Tubulin proteins form hollow tubes inside cells called microtubules that provide cytoskeletal structure and also act as a highway system for cellular traffic.

A seventh paper provides a first look at the three - dimensional structures of synthetic chromosomes in the cell nucleus.

The authors concluded existing regulations governing stem cells «provide an appropriate structure for ensuring the safety and efficacy of the next generation of stem - cell - based products.»

The structure of the CNS provides advantages for direct delivery in that vectors can be transported along neuronal connections to distal sites and secreted enzymes can be transported anterograde and retrograde to cross correct cells distal from the injection site.

The projects will provide training in: current molecular biology techniques (including RNA interference, genetic transformation, analyses of gene expression); cell biology techniques (cell culturing, cell transfections, imaging); protein biochemistry (2D electrophoresis, protein functional analyses); and bioinformatics (structure predictions, phylogenetic analyses; molecular interactions).

In the paper, the authors write: ′ As the present study shows, the combination of light microscopy, scanning and transmission electron microscopy and three - dimensional confocal laser microscopy, successfully contributed novel information on the structure and morphology of ceratomyxid parasite stages in the bile, and provided unique insights into parasite composition, cell motility and cytokinesis in myxozoans, which had not previously been studied.

Single - cell transcriptomics on pluripotent stem cells has provided new insights into cellular variation, subpopulation structures and the interplay of cell cycle with pluripotency.

The remarkable plant fossil preservation retains the structure of individual cells, thereby providing detailed scientific data regarding the rapid adaptation and early colonization of the land by plants.

An intricate new three - dimensional protein structure is providing a detailed look into how brain cells communicate rapidly.

established that MAO loss led to prostate atrophy with reduced prostate basal and stem / progenitor cell activity in adult mice, thereby providing insight into the maintenance of prostate structure and function.

These wires provide the contact between the closely spaced cells and explain the spatial structure of the consortium, as was shown by a team of researchers led by Victoria Orphan from Caltech.

Trowbridge hypothesized that analyzing open chromatin in bulk tumor cells could provide a possible improved method to identify cancer cell of origin because of the cell - type specificity of chromatin structure.