Sentences with phrase «shows cell injury»

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However, Stephen Back, a neurologist at the Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, points out that there is not yet proof that myelin - producing cells are stuck in arrested development in infants with brain injuries, although this has been shown both in mice and in adults with multiple sclerosis.

In an earlier article, Jenkins showed that females with severe hypoxic ischemic injury benefit from a combination treatment of hypothermia and NAC, which provides the rate - limiting amino acid for the primary anti-oxidant in all cells.

A new mouse study shows that triggering a gene inside astrocytes activates the star - shaped cells and may improve the brain's ability to heal from a range of debilitating conditions, from stroke to concussions and spine injuries.

Dr. Gabriel Ferguson, a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Dr. Martinez - Agosto and first author of the study, built upon the lab's previous research that utilized the blood system of the fruit fly species Drosophila, showing that a specific set of signals must be received by progenitor cells to activate their differentiation into cells that can work to fight infection after injury.

Earlier work has shown that grafted stem cells reprogrammed to become neurons can, in fact, form new, functional circuits across an injury site, with the treated animals experiencing some restored ability to move affected limbs.

«We now have the first marker for the capacity of brain immune cells to remove toxic materials,» says Haass, «and its increase long before full Alzheimer's dementia shows that there is early neuronal injury that does not yet affect memory, but already triggers a microglia response.»

In addressing the first question, the study showed that the brain's immune cells, microglia, which are known to become activated by LPS exposure as well as in most brain injuries and diseases, begin spewing out pro-inflammatory factors that change astrocytes» behavior.

The study showed that a peripheral nerve injury in rats sends a message from damaged nerve cells to spinal cord immune cells known as glial cells, which normally act as «housekeepers» to clear out unwanted debris and microorganisms.

The experiment shows that β1 - integrin — one of 28 types of integrin — maintains a link between the stem cell and its environment, and interacts biochemically with a growth factor called fibroblast growth factor [FGF] to promote stem cell growth and restoration after muscle tissue injury.

While it is generally accepted that MSC are mostly quiescent during postnatal life, MSCs in different niches can presumably differentiate into the specific cells of closely related niches during physiological turnover, injury or disease, as shown for other stem cell types (e.g., muscle satellite cells).

Takayama's team was able to confirm that the sounds were associated with injury to the cells — suggesting that the model was accurately approximating what happens in a diseased lung — and to show how a therapeutic surfactant, which lowers the tension between liquids and solids, could reduce those injuries.

The MRI results - to - date for 94 % (17/18) of the subjects in Cohorts 2, 3, and 4 are consistent with formation of a tissue matrix at the injury site, which is supportive evidence showing that AST - OPC1 cells have durably engrafted at the injury site and helped to prevent cavitation.

In 1963, Hruban and colleagues showed that damaged structures within a cell were sequestered and degraded, and that this was a normal and beneficial response to cellular injuries such as starvation or oxygen deprivation.

Dr. Keristead created oligodendrocytes from hESCs, and showed that an injection of these cells into rats with spinal cord injuries could significantly improve their motor functions.

AST - OPC1, an oligodendrocyte progenitor cell population derived from human embryonic stem cells, has been shown in preclinical testing in animals and in vitro to have three potentially reparative functions that address the complex pathologies observed in demyelination disorders, such as spinal cord injuries, and multiple neurodegenerative diseases, including multiple sclerosis and white matter stroke.

Images of hMito + (red) and GFAP (green) immuno - reactivity within hGDAsBMP (A, C, E, F) and hGDAsCNTF (B, D, G, H) transplants at the center of injury sites showing comparable densities of GFAP + intermediate filaments (green) within hMito immuno - positive cell bodies and process of both types of hGDAs.

This is the «show reel» of Dr Haluk Deda, a Turkish neurosurgeon who is setting up shop in Dubai, where he plans to offer autologous stem cell transplants to treat chronic spinal cord injuries and ALS, a condition with no known cure that generally leads to death within three to five years of diagnosis.

Calcitonin gene - related peptide (CGRP) has been shown to improve survival of lung epithelial cells and reduce hyperoxic lung injury in rats.

Research has shown that high temperatures can damage and kill cancer cells, usually with minimal injury to normal tissues.

Studies have shown that excess iodine causes thyroid injury by generating reactive oxygen species, which lead to premature damage and programmed cell death in thyroid tissues.

Stem cells show remarkable potential as treatments for a variety of equine disorders from orthopedic injuries to organ regeneration, but we still need to answer...

Stem cells show remarkable potential as treatments for a variety of equine disorders from orthopedic injuries to organ regeneration, but we still need to answer many questions to unlock the full potential of these biological superheroes.

An international team of researchers, funded by Morris Animal Foundation, has shown that adipose (fat) stem cells might be the preferred stem cell type for use in canine therapeutic applications, including orthopedic diseases and injury.

As early as 2005, statistics showed 2,600 deaths and 330,000 injuries were caused each year by cell phone distraction.3 As a result, the push to ban certain forms of DWD has been compared to the famous car safety campaigns of the 20th century, including the campaign to mandate the use of seatbelts and to establish a nationwide blood alcohol content limit of.08.

A PET scan, which stands for Position Emission Tomography (it looks at glucose metabolism), is used to show how the cells use glucose, as an indication of brain injury or a marker for brain injury.