Sentences with phrase «severe damage to cells»

Hourigan says blanching is a very quick process that doesn't result in loss of vitamins or nutrients, and in fact activates antioxidants that protect the body from free radicals, which can cause severe damage to cells.

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Stem cell research and diabetes Stem cell research is a relatively new area of investigation, believed by many in the scientific and medical communities to have important new potential for the treatment of many diseases and conditions particularly those like diabetes, which are characterised by severe damage to certain cells and tissues..
Other mice, with robust beta cells that were good at repairing DNA damage, were able to stay non-diabetic for life, even when those islets were placed under severe cellular stress.
In sickle cell anemia, a single genetic mutation leads to abnormal, crescent - shaped red blood cells that clot in tiny blood vessels throughout the body, causing severe pain and eventual organ damage.
The researchers found that mutant mice lacking Del - 1 had more severe attacks of the EAE than normal mice, with more damage to myelin, the fatty sheath that coats neurons and helps in the transmission of signals along the cell.
The successful growth of human skin cells in culture has made it possible to restore epidermis after severe burns and other forms of damage
This change can lead to severe anemia and abnormally shaped red blood cells that can block the flow of blood, causing organ damage.
«We saw that chem7 had hardly any effect on the shapes of the cells and tissues, thus, suggesting that chem7 stops cell division in plant cells, but does not cause any severe damage to the shapes,» describes Ueda.
«But this study has shown us that when we run into severe pathological conditions like heart and liver disease it would be more beneficial to inhibit the TRIM21 protein because it is preventing the cell from protecting itself against damage
Other immune cells are lured to the clog, causing severe inflammation that can damage the kidneys, other organs, and the skin.
Helping to protect newborns and older patients against more severe effects of jaundice is the hope of University of Guelph researchers, who have shown how a liver enzyme protects cells from damage caused by the condition.
When Lin engineered the telomerase - expressing hepatocytes to die in response to a chemical signal and gave the mice with a liver - damaging chemical, he found that those animals in which the telomerase cells had been killed exhibited much more severe liver scarring than those in which the cells were functional.
Collins warned of a «cloud hanging over this field,» of top US scientists potentially being driven into other disciplines or other countries, and of «severe collateral damage» to the burgeoning field of induced pluripotent stem cell research, which, he argued, relies on human embryonic stem cells as a «gold standard» comparator.
«Such uncontrolled activity of ALC1 in the absence of DNA damage is expected to have severe consequences for the cell.
Peroxynitrates results in lipid peroxidation of membranes and cause disturbances in tissue homeostasis that is severe enough to cause cellular damage and eventually cell death (Beattie et al., 2000).
Philadelphia, PA (Scicasts)- Researchers may have found a way to reduce ongoing heart damage that occurs long after a severe heart attack by improving the longevity of stem cells injected into the heart.
«Past studies have shown that having low antioxidant levels and increased reactive oxygen species — chemical products that bind to body cells and cause damage — is related to more severe PAD,» said Matthew Muller, postdoctoral fellow in Larry Sinoway's lab at Penn State College of Medicine, and lead author of the study.
In severe cases, surgery to repair, remove, or replace a severely damaged joint and / or stem cell therapy can be considered.
Naphthalene may cause not only GI upset, but also severe neurological dysfunction (including seizure activity) and red blood cell damage: methemoglobinemia in which red blood cells can not deliver oxygen properly to the body's cells.
It causes severe damage to dividing cells at different sites, mostly in the bone marrow and gastrointestinal tract, leaving dogs with gastrointestinal symptoms and suppressed immune systems.
On the other hand, Colchicum autumnale can be much more serious and may cause severe vomiting, diarrhea (possibly with blood), liver and kidney damage, and possibly bone marrow damage, which could then lead to a decrease in white and red blood cells, as well as platelets.
Deficiency of this enzyme results primarily in easily damaged red blood cells (hemolysis) and less severe damage to skeletal muscle cells.
Ingestion can also cause anemia (low red blood cell count) and, in severe cases, the anemia may lead to internal organ damage, organ failure or even death.
Elevated liver functions can indicate inflammation or severe damage to the liver cells.
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