Sentences with phrase «specific markers of»

This study examined the extent to which the diverging pathways taken by adolescents and their parents in establishing autonomy and relatedness in their interactions at age 14 served as stage - specific markers of underlying attachment processes that could help predict states of mind regarding attachment of the adolescents 11 years later as young adults.

The adjacent chart - using the same information as before - narrows the focus down to a few specific markers of both short - term and long - term global warming acceleration.

The two groups were monitored after the race by assessing the blood for specific markers of physiological stress that helps evaluate the body's ability to recover.

For example, instead of looking at the effects of animal protein on an intermediate marker of bone health, like calcium, why not just look directly at studies that examine the relationship between animal protein intake and more specific markers of bone health, like bone mass or bone microarchitecture or bone strength?

The lack of specific markers of disease and the fact that the CFS diagnosis is controversial imply that the level of diagnostic accuracy and adherence to international criteria are likely to be variable.

One of their goals at the conference was to pinpoint specific markers of these expressions, and then use them to identify the emergence of humans within the paleoanthropological record.

The two groups were monitored after the race by assessing the blood for specific markers of physiological stress that helps evaluate the body's ability to recover.

Drs. Nordone and Birkenheuer are investigating a newly discovered molecule (TREM - 1) that is a specific marker of sepsis in mice and humans to determine whether it could indicate sepsis in dogs.

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So research teams began souping up various types of immune cells and even targeting them to specific protein markers on tumors.

For one, it would give them three specific biological markers to hone in on: The buildup of beta amyloid and tau proteins, which cause brain plaques associated with Alzheimer's, and brain nerve cell death.

Zoom in to see all of the schools in a specific area and click on the marker to find out more information about the school.

In a description of a sleep disorder known as RBD, in which patients enact their dreams through movement, he notes that a deficiency of dopamine (a specific brain neurotransmitter) is one key marker of Parkinson's disease.

On this usage, if undifferentiated societies fight wars, religion is in fact involved in those wars precisely as a marker of societal identity, whether specific references to beliefs are invoked or not.

This latest study builds on Dr Sathe's previous work in developing a bank of marker proteins for a variety of nuts, although that research did not allow for investigation of specific nut allergens.

Some teams use zonal and have specific man marker for a dangerous player... shearer, Carroll etc who did or can excel at putting the ball in the back of the net from a corner.

Milestones are important markers of normal human development and they are often achieved within a specific age range.

The team's laboratory research will also focus on expanding the sensing capability of the bandage to other treatment - related parameters — such as pH, bacterial load, oxidative states and specific disease markers — and incorporating an on - demand drug release capacity.

The company wanted to use it as a diagnostic marker for disease: If synthetic versions of antibodies could be tagged with aequorin in the lab, then whenever they matched up with an antigen (or surface protein) of a specific pathogen in blood or tissue, the sample would glow.

Abiraterone's ability to lower levels of prostate - specific antigen, a surrogate marker for prostate cancer, was slightly greater for patients in the low - dose with food group when measured at 12 weeks.

But in May, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the first time allowed the use of an existing approved drug, Keytruda, to treat any solid tumor bearing a specific genetic marker.

Several studies have used cell - surface markers — proteins found on the outer membranes of tumor cells — to identify glioblastoma stem cells; but the specific markers used have been controversial and can not reflect molecular processes going on within tumor cells.

Eggen and his collaborators investigated the impact of high - and low - fat diets on inflammation and microglial markers in a specific brain region — the hypothalamus — of 6 - month - old mice.

University Professor of Applied Physics Stephen Arnold and his team at the New York University Tandon School of Engineering have made a discovery that could lead to Star Trek - like biosensor devices capable of flagging the barest presence in blood of a specific virus or antibody, or protein marker for a specific cancer; or sniffing out airborne chemical warfare agents while they are still far below toxic levels.

Physicians will monitor the patient's levels of prostate specific antigen (PSA), a marker of disease progression.

«Our findings show that a specific genetic marker (known as allele * 2 of the HS1, 2 A enhancer region) influences not just disease activity in RA patients, but also response to therapy in the early stages of their disease,» said lead investigator Dr Gabriele Di Sante of the Institute of Rheumatology and Related Sciences, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.

The results showed that, when applied, a long - term inhibition of Rho - kinase signaling increased the expressions of chondrocyte - specific genes and differentiation markers in human chondrosarcoma 2/8 cells.

The researchers showed that the latest approach to epidemiology worked to track both HIV infections and levels of prostate - specific antigen, a molecular marker associated with prostate cancer.

The geographic variation of specific DNA markers was then mapped separately for savanna and forest elephants, which appear to be two separate species.

A specific genetic marker influences response to therapy in the early stages of RA; a link thought to be due to the gene activating a cell - signalling protein involved in the inflammatory disease process.

The Australian researchers isolated a specific DNA marker for femininity in the lizard before exposing three additional clutches of eggs to varying temperatures.

Scientists at CNRS, Aix - Marseille Université and AP - HM have identified a cerebral marker specific to autism that can be detected by MRI and is present as from the age of two years.

A chromosome - specific BAC library was used to assemble 82 % of the chromosome into 1036 contigs that were anchored with 1443 molecular markers, providing a major resource for genetic and genomic studies.

One of the challenges has been to identify specific markers for metastatic BLBC, which would allow development of drugs and prediction of survival.

All had been treated previously with at least one type of androgen deprivation therapy and had rising levels of prostate specific antigen (PSA), a blood marker for prostate cancer, and radiographic evidence their cancers were becoming resistant.

The use of cell surface markers to isolate specific cell populations is one common method for separating cells; however, isolating live cells based on their RNA expression is a powerful new way enabling the study of small cell niches in nongenetically modified animal models and human tissue.

Molecular markers — pieces of DNA that «mark» a specific gene — allow researchers to comb the genetic blueprint of a plant, match the sequence with a certain trait using computer programs, and develop seeds.

By analyzing genetic markers specific to sweet potatoes in both modern samples of the plant and older herbarium specimens, the researchers discovered significant differences between varieties found in the western Pacific versus the eastern Pacific.

However, the development of microsatellite DNA markers remains time consuming, expensive, and labor intensive since the markers are often species specific.

Each of these magnetic markers is designed to target specific sites within biomolecules and thus enables several approaches for the structural analysis of different biomolecules.

The authors believe theirs is the first study to show that mouse mammary gland tissues are sensitive to a mixture of 23 commonly used UOG chemicals, with dose - specific effects on tissue morphology, cell proliferation and induction of intraductal hyperplasias, an overgrowth of cells considered a marker for future breast cancer risk.

A newly published International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS) Working Group position paper [1] proposes measuring specific bone turnover markers (BTMs) in patients who have initiated use of oral bisphosphonates for postmenopausal osteoporosis as a clinically feasible and practical way to identify low adherence.

The cancer cell marker that Johnson and her team identified was a specific change in protein glycosylation, that is, a unique pattern of sugars decorating a protein found on the cell surface.

For the first time, researchers report identifying a biological marker: the over-production of specific genes that could be a diagnostic indicator of mental illness in female psychiatric patients.

«DNA sequencing procedures... allow for identification of parentage, more distant relatives, founders to new populations, unidentified individuals, population structure, effective population size, population - specific markers, etc.» reports Haig, adding that the result is more sophisticated information crucial to setting species recovery priorities.

Cancers would be caught at their earliest stage and other stages of development, and doctors would have the necessary protein or genetic information from these captured cells to customize your treatment based on the specific markers for your cancer.

The team selected cells with cardiac - specific markers from cultures of HES cells.

In a paper published in the journal Nanotechnology [«Static micro-array isolation, dynamic time series classification, capture and enumeration of spiked breast cancer cells in blood: the nanotube - CTC chip»], Panchapakesan's team, which includes graduate students Farhad Khosravi, the paper's lead author, and researchers at the University of Louisville and Thomas Jefferson University, describe a study in which antibodies specific for two markers of metastatic breast cancer, EpCam and Her2, were attached to the carbon nanotubes in the chip.

Professor David Wraith, who led the research, said: «Insight into the molecular basis of antigen - specific immunotherapy opens up exciting new opportunities to enhance the selectivity of the approach while providing valuable markers with which to measure effective treatment.

Each well holds a specific antibody that will bind selectively to one type of cancer cell type, based on genetic markers on its surface.

Significantly, cells with reduced mtDNA became self - renewing and expressed specific cell surface markers characteristic of breast cancer stem cells.