Sentences with phrase «restores normal cell function»

This increases production of the protective protein Annexin - A1, reduces production of inflammatory cytokines and restores normal cell function.

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If we could but restore or bring about the normal functioning of brain cells and nerve tissues, as well as their own subsidiary chemical activity in such cases, then mental life would come flooding back in fullness and richness.

In the early 1990s, in vitro tests on cancer cells by Lane and his colleagues hinted that some compounds could restore mutant p53's normal function.

The goal of stem cell therapy is to replace the damaged tissue with new heart cells and restore the failing heart to normal function.

Restoring normal function to a mutated protein is more difficult than simply blocking a protein, the strategy used by most medical therapies, says Klas Wiman, a tumor cell biologist at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.

«Transplanted hematopoietic stem cells reverse damage caused by neuro - muscular disorder: In mouse model of Friedreich's ataxia, a single infusion measurably restored normal cellular functions.»

This question has been challenging to address experimentally because attempts to restore function to lost or mutated genes in cancer cells often trigger excess gene activity, causing other problems in normal cells.

«It is currently impractical to directly restore Apc function in patients with colorectal cancer, and past evidence suggests that completely blocking Wnt signaling would likely be severely toxic to normal intestinal cells,» Lowe says.

«The effect of the precursors that boost NAD is to counteract the decline that occurs with normal aging, to reactivate SIRT1, and to restore function in endothelial cells to give rise to more blood vessels.»

However, cancer cells may instead be coaxed to turn back into normal tissue simply by reactivating a single gene, according to a study that found that restoring normal levels of a human colorectal cancer gene in mice stopped tumor growth and re-established normal intestinal function within only 4 days.

When the researchers pretreated the heart cells with a derivative of the sedative drug benzodiazepine before subjecting them to conditions that mimic a heart attack, the cells» mitochondria managed to regain normal function quickly, in effect restoring a steady supply of energy that prevented the cells from misfiring.

Autophagy, Roepe explains, is the process by which cells remove damaged parts of themselves to restore normal function.

The study of these creatures has the potential to be rather robust in implications for regenerative medicine, an area of treatment for repairing or replacing human cells, tissues or organs on Earth to restore normal function.

Thanks to the use of a chemical or a thermic treatment, we succeeded in «repairing» these cells» clock and restoring it to its normal functioning.

Along with restoring structure and function to the p53 mutant protein, this drug compound has the ability to to activate a program that selectively kills cancer cells with this particular mutation while leaving normal cells undisturbed.

Regenerative medicine is dedicated to the study of repairing, replacing or regenerating damaged human cells, tissues or organs to restore or establish normal function; and it has potential applications to treat a wide variety of conditions.

By reconstructing the structured order of the living machinery of our tissues, these rejuvenation biotechnologies will restore the normal functioning of the body's cells and essential biomolecules, returning aging tissues to health and bringing back the body's youthful vigor.

We are focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of cell based therapeutics that prevent, treat or cure disease by repairing and replacing damaged or aged tissue, cells and organs and restoring their normal function.

Regenerative medicine aims to use adult or embryonic stem cells to replace or regenerate human cells, tissue, or organs and restore normal function.

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Treating human apoE4 neurons with a structure corrector eliminated the signs of Alzheimer's disease, restored normal function to the cells, and improved cell survival.

They work much deeper at the root cause and cellular level to establish equilibrium in the energy of the cells and restore normal function, physiologically and metabolically.

Regenerative medicine is the «process of replacing or regenerating human cells, tissues or organs to restore or establish normal function».