Sentences with phrase «role in our body system»

Our dietary choices and lifestyle play a huge role in our body system, especially the stomach.

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I studied body cognition, music therapy, behavioral cognitive neuroscience — everything I could learn about the role that the nervous system and our body plays in our health and emotional well - being.

I'm dissing the USE and ENFORCEMENT of regimented TITLES and hierarchy rather than the roles people play in the web of a functioning relational system called the Body of Christ.

Those chemicals play critical roles in the hormonal health of our body, including affecting our thyroid gland, immune system, reproduction system and brain.

The body converts beta - carotene into vitamin A, which plays an important role in vision, bone growth, reproduction and immune system regulation.

It's believed to play a role in the prevention of cancer and disorders that are caused by the body's own immune system attacking itself.

The high beta - carotene content of mango — evident in its vibrant orange flesh — is converted by your baby's body to vitamin A. Rich in anti-oxidants, mango helps boost the immune system and can play a role in preventing serious diseases like cancer and heart disease.

Taking this research forward, the scientists want to investigate the role of these microbes in regulating the immune system, metabolic activity and digestive systems of the baby's body.

Zinc plays a role in many key body functions, including immune system response, so it's important to get enough of it, which vegans can do by eating nuts, legumes, miso and other soy products, pumpkin and sunflower seeds, tahini, wheat germ, and whole - grain breads and cereals.

Compared to the rest of the body, the brain and nervous system contains very high levels of DHA but its exact role in the brain is not fully known.

The work was on the role of interleukin - 1 in the pathology of graft - versus - host disease (GVHD), the mechanism by which the new immune system, which a patient receives as a bone marrow transplant, attacks the patient's body following the transplantation.

These cells play a key role in autoimmune disease — in which the immune system mistakenly identifies the body's own tissues as foreign and attack them.

The discoveries reported in two independent studies in the American Journal of Human Genetics on January 7 add to evidence for an important role for interspecies relations in human evolution and specifically in the evolution of the innate immune system, which serves as the body's first line of defense against infection.

Chien Ho, professor of biological sciences at Carnegie Mellon University, and his colleagues have developed a novel way to improve delivery of chemotherapy nanodrugs by using Intralipid ®, an FDA - approved nutrition source to temporarily blunt the reticuloendothelial system — a network of cells and tissues found throughout the body, including in the blood, lymph nodes, spleen and liver, that play an important role in the immune system.

The work bolsters the increasingly popular idea that leptin's main role in the body is not to prevent overeating; rather, it is to help protect against starvation by regulating the complex neuroendocrine system that governs reproduction and metabolism, Campfield says.

The study identified five genes predictive of feeding success representing a range of biological systems: sensory integration (NPHP4, PLXNA1); hypothalamic regulation, a region of the brain that plays a key role in hunger signaling (NPY2R); facial development (WNT3, a gene associated with lip and palate development); and energy expenditure (AMPK, a regulator of whole body energy balance).

Much has been uncovered about its role in the brain and nervous system, but few scientists considered how sNGF levels in people's saliva might be related to the behavioral and biological components of the body's stress response.

A single gene appears to play a crucial role in coordinating the immune system and metabolism, and deleting the gene in mice reduces body fat and extends lifespan, according to new research by scientists at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center (USDA HNRCA) on Aging at Tufts University and Yale University School of Medicine.

Jagged1 plays a key role in a cell signaling pathway involved in many body systems, but it was not previously known to affect Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

The two cell types are important to a broad range of organ systems in the body and play active roles in diseases that could be targets for nucleic acid therapies.

While genetics play a role in the development of Lupus, a systemic autoimmune disease that can attack any organ system in the human body, so do environmental triggers, such as particulates in air pollution and ultraviolet light, explains Gaurav Gulati, MD, a physician - researcher at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine.

It also has a key role to play for the future of radiation vaccine research — called RadVax for short — in which doctors are trying to understand why targeted doses of radiation can boost the body's entire immune system in select cases.

Normal microorganisms in the intestines appear to play a pivotal role in how the HIV virus foils a successful attack from the body's immune system, according to new research from Duke Medicine.

Other mechanisms besides the immune system may also play a role in spontaneous remission, according to Caryle Hirshberg, coauthor of Spontaneous Remission: An Annotated Bibliography and a consultant for the Institute of Noetic Sciences (the term «noetic» here relates loosely to mind - body connections).

Terence Hines, a professor of psychology at Pace University in New York and author of the book «Pseudoscience and the Paranormal» (Prometheus Books, 2003), told Live Science that the new study makes sense given the role of the vestibular system in the human body.

«A growing body of evidence suggests that immune system activation, such as that caused by bacterial and viral infections, can play important roles in many brain disorders,» explained William Carlezon, PhD, chief of the Division of Basic Neuroscience at McLean Hospital, and senior author of the paper.

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Regulatory T cells (or «Tregs» for short) play a central role in the human immune system: They guide all of the other immune cells and make sure they are tolerant of the body's own cells and harmless foreign substances.

Dendrites, which branch from the cell body of the neuron, play a key role in the communication between cells of the nervous system, allowing for many neurons to connect with each other.

«In addition to a proper diet, the results suggest that in order to achieve a profound change in the behaviour of citizens towards healthy lifestyles, public bicycle systems such as Valenbisi play a strategic role in promoting health, as they favour the increase in the levels of physical activity and the reduction of body weight», concludes Javier MolinIn addition to a proper diet, the results suggest that in order to achieve a profound change in the behaviour of citizens towards healthy lifestyles, public bicycle systems such as Valenbisi play a strategic role in promoting health, as they favour the increase in the levels of physical activity and the reduction of body weight», concludes Javier Molinin order to achieve a profound change in the behaviour of citizens towards healthy lifestyles, public bicycle systems such as Valenbisi play a strategic role in promoting health, as they favour the increase in the levels of physical activity and the reduction of body weight», concludes Javier Molinin the behaviour of citizens towards healthy lifestyles, public bicycle systems such as Valenbisi play a strategic role in promoting health, as they favour the increase in the levels of physical activity and the reduction of body weight», concludes Javier Molinin promoting health, as they favour the increase in the levels of physical activity and the reduction of body weight», concludes Javier Molinin the levels of physical activity and the reduction of body weight», concludes Javier Molina.

Cells of the immune system, called lymphocytes, play an important role in fighting infection and eliminating cancer cells from the body.

To see what role the body's own immune system played in fighting infection, compared with gut microbes, the team also studied two strains of mice that have impaired immune systems.

«This indicates that the Sun may play a large role in disintegrating these small Solar System bodies, by putting pressure on them via sunlight.»

To get a better sense of the role of chondrules in a fledgling solar system, the researchers first simulated collisions between protoplanets — rocky bodies between the size of an asteroid and the moon.

The thymus plays a central role in the development of the body's immune system as it is the main site in which T cells are generated.

Since the liver plays a key role in inducing immune tolerance, that protein increases the production of regulatory T cells, suppressing the immune system's attack on the body.

June 20, 2016 Microbiota affect the rate of transplant acceptance and rejection Researchers from the University of Chicago have shown that microbiota — the bacteria, viruses and other microbes living on the skin and in the digestive system — play an important role in the body's ability to accept transplanted skin and other organs.

Researchers from the University of Chicago have shown that microbiota — the bacteria, viruses and other microbes living on the skin and in the digestive system — play an important role in the body's ability to accept transplanted...

Michael Croft, Ph.D., and his team focus on a number of molecules that are members of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR) family, a group of proteins believed to play important roles in the ability of the immune system to guard the body against harmful microorganisms.

The IDO enzyme is believed to play a role in suppressing the immune system, which may keep the body from fighting cancer effectively.

A study of twins led by Petter Brodin, Karolinska Institutet / SciLifeLab, shows that our environment, not our heredity, plays the starring role in determining the state of our immune system, the body's primary defense against disease.

We have found strong support for the important role of internal selection in shaping the adaptive evolution of body plans (i.e. selection caused by characteristics of the developmental system).

LA JOLLA, CA ¬ — Researchers have found the first direct evidence that autoimmunity — in which the immune system attacks the body's own tissues — plays a role in Parkinson's disease, the neurodegenerative movement disorder.

Since then, researchers have discovered a lot more about the vagus nerve and the role it plays in quite a few different diseases and important systems in the body.

The primary role of metabolic conditioning is to maximize the efficiency of one of the body's energy systems in order to reach maximum performance through fitness or sports.

But magnesium is incredibly important for many of the body's functions — it plays a key role in your immune system, nerves, and muscles, and helps keep your heart and bones strong.

Glutathione also plays a key role in red and white blood cell formation (red blood cells are essential for carrying oxygen to tissues in the body, while white blood cells are part of the body's immune system, so they fight off diseases in the body).

An essential mineral that boosts immune system, balances the hormones in the body, plays a role in protein synthesis, and regulates blood sugar levels.

Given its role in our immune and nervous systems, our skin, and every other major bodily system, you should expect this body of research to continue to balloon in the coming years.

Drink plenty of water — water plays a great role in our body.It keeps our metabolism running, helps transport the nutrients to the muscle cells and also helps flush your system waste and bacteria.Our body is made up of about 65 - 70 % water.