Sentences with phrase «several types of cancer cell»

«Researchers found that a unique strain of skin bacteria produces a chemical that kills several types of cancer cells,» Dr. Bowe says.

«This unique strain of skin bacteria produces a chemical that kills several types of cancer cells but does not appear to be toxic to normal cells,» Richard Gallo, chair of the department of dermatology at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, and an author on the study, said in a statement.

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Clinical studies have shown these cells as effective against several types of cancer.

Hoping to develop a more potent approach, medical oncologist Ron Levy of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, and colleagues used mice to test the cancer - fighting capabilities of some 20 molecules, including several types of antibodies that activate immune cells.

Production of the enzyme asparagine synthetase is deficient in ALL and several other types of cancer cells, which are therefore unable to synthesize the amino acid asparagine.

«There are several diseases, like certain types of cancer and asthma, where stiffness of the cell is known to be linked to the phenotype of the disease,» says Ming Guo, the Brit and Alex d'Arbeloff Career Development Assistant Professor in MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering.

In previous studies, including recent genome sequencing of cancer patients, human SETD2 has been implicated in several cancer types, especially in renal cell carcinoma — the most common kind of kidney cancer.

The combination was significantly toxic to pancreatic cancer cells and disrupted tumor growth and extended survival in several types of advanced pancreatic cancer mouse models.

By seeding elements with an assortment of antibodies, the device could be set up to capture several different cancer cells types using a single blood sample.

Hsp90 inhibitors are among several innovative new types of treatment designed to attack cancer indirectly, by destabilising multiple different proteins required for the growth and survival of cancer cells.

The team found evidence of the process in several other cell types, including breast, ovarian, umbilical cord, and kidney cancer cells.

Scientists have known that LPA is secreted by many types of cancer cells, appears to promote the growth and spread of tumor cells, and that immune cells known as CD - 8 «killer» T cells have several receptors for LPA.

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is characterized by a rapidly - developing cancer in the myeloid line of blood cells, which is responsible for producing red blood cells, platelets and several types of white blood cells called granulocytes.

T cell exclusion, which also occurs in several types of human adenocarcinomas, causes antagonists of T cell checkpoints to be ineffective, despite the presence of cancer - specific CD8 + T cells.

There are several types of brain cancer, classified by the type of cell from which they originate.

Important features of XMRV biology include (1) tropism for a variety of cell lines, including prostate cancer DU145 and LNCaP cells [27], [43], [48], and human neural cell types [57], (2) adaptations that promote growth in prostate epithelium and human - derived prostate cancer cell lines including an androgen response element in the promoter region [58] and downregulation of APOBEC3G [59], and (3) cellular effects with potential oncogenic properties including increased tumor aggressiveness mediated by downregulation of p27 [60] and differential regulation of several microRNAs [61].

For example, Penn's blood cancer trials employ a CAR targeting the protein CD19, which is found on the surface of B cells, including the cancerous B cells that characterize several types of leukemia and lymphoma.

This can lead to excess levels of insulin and insulin - related growth hormones in the body, which has been linked to cell proliferation and several types of cancer.

... and it is because of this crucial role in cell division that many scientists have suggested that excessive IGF - 1 may play a role in several types of cancer.

And, anthocyanins also trigger apoptosis — or cell suicide — in several different types of cancer cells.

But because metformin may stem cancer through several different channels — by lowering insulin, directly slowing tumor growth, or promoting suicide by cancer cells — it could potentially prove useful in many types of cancer.

Mixed or multimodal therapy (use of several types of treatment in combination or using cocktails of anti-cancer drugs) sometimes offers the possibility of maximizing cancer cell killing.