Sentences with phrase «specific molecular markers»

Not exact matches

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This molecular slingshot could «shoot» and deliver drugs at precise locations in the human body once triggered by specific disease markers.

When the molecular imaging research community improves image standardization, there is a greater likelihood of harmonization; i.e., that a specific imaging procedure can be used as a marker across clinical trials; not simply for one clinical trial.