Then the researchers
studied the cells using powerful microscopes.
Not exact matches
Regarding intensity, a
study published in PLOS ONE found that workout intensity was not affected for individuals talking on the phone, compared to those not
using a
cell phone, but when it came to texting, workout intensity was significantly lower.
A series of preliminary Mayo Clinic
studies conducted in 2010 showed promise for the potential
use of a chemical component of green tea (epigallocatechin gallate) in reducing the number of cancer
cells in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Available epidemiologic
studies in humans have «not shown clear evidence of a relationship between
cell phone
use and cancer,» according to the National Cancer Institute, although this remains a topic of debate among researchers.
The majority of
study participants reported that it's all good, fine and kosher with them (well, technically «generally OK») to
use a
cell phone when walking down the street, riding public transit and waiting in line.
Most large scale
studies looking at cancer rates don't show changes related to
cell phone
use.
Most large
studies documenting cancer rates haven't found significant evidence that
cell phone
use raises cancer rates or causes other negative health effects.
Chicago, GenomeWeb — A new
study by researchers from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has demonstrated the predictive power of an AR - V7 protein expression test
using Epic Sciences» non-EPCAM-based circulating tumor
cell detection platform, which could help guide treatment decisions for men with metastatic castration - resistant prostate cancer.
Instead, it will conduct a Phase 1b / 2a
study that will
use «an improved
cell processing technique to hopefully improve efficacy,» Fein noted.
The startup describes itself as a deep data platform for the
study of exosomes, which are small lipid vesicles — air - or fluid - filled cavities — that are excreted from
cells and which deliver information that Mantra plans to
use to come up with new drug therapies.
The
study was conducted
using two probability samples: randomly selected landline telephone numbers and randomly selected mobile (
cell) telephone numbers.
Lie4Him, Schweitzer, one of the first scientists to
use the tools of modern
cell biology to
study dinosaurs, has upended the conventional wisdom by showing that some rock - hard fossils tens of millions of years old may have remnants of soft tissues hidden away in their interiors.
Dennis has a PhD in genetics / developmental biology from the University of British Columbia and a special interest in
studying pattern formation and
cell -
cell communication during tissue development
using fruit flies as a model organism.
High dosages of reb A fed to rats reduced sperm production and increased
cell proliferation in their testicles; however, another
study using rats and humans demonstrated lack of reproductive toxicity.
While our work has
used mouse models because we can
study the process in detail this way, we do know that milk
cells cross into human babies as well.»
This allowed them to track changes in calcium ion concentrations in the
cells around wounds in living tissue (as opposed to the
cell cultures
used in many previous wound response
studies) and to do so with an unprecedented, millisecond precision.
In a
study in the journal Science, researchers explain how they
used mouse embryonic stem
cells and microchip technology to create heart muscle tissue that actually beats.
Eighth Place: Skyler Jones, 17, of Ossining, N.Y., received a $ 60,000 award for her
study of perovskite crystals
used in solar
cells.
«Visualizing atoms of perovskite crystals: Researchers conduct the first atomic resolution
study of perovskites
used in next generation solar
cells.»
Easy - to - grow «HeLa»
cells have been
used in more than 76,000
studies.
The fields within biology are further divided based on the scale at which organisms are
studied and the methods
used to
study them: biochemistry examines the fundamental chemistry of life; molecular biology
studies the complex interactions of systems of biological molecules; cellular biology examines the basic building block of all life, the
cell; physiology examines the physical and chemical functions of the tissues and organ systems of an organism; and ecology examines how various organisms interrelate.
A related paper, involving Svendsen, his colleague Gad Vatine, PhD, and a team from University of California, Irvine, published the same day in the journal
Cell Reports,
used a similar approach to
study Huntington's disease.
Several labs are
using the technology to
study topics such as
cell migration and neuroscience, he says.
Immunophenotyping — a laboratory procedure
used to
study the proteins expressed by
cells — is very commonly
used in basic science research as well as in laboratory diagnostic testing.
«There was this initial thought that [circulating tumor
cells] are only present at late stage,» says Sollier - Christen, but she notes that in the past year, several
studies using more sensitive techniques have found such
cells much earlier in tumor development, even before the tumor becomes visible by conventional imaging techniques.
«To our knowledge, we are the only research group to
use sequential human biopsies to
study CD8 + T
cell function in situ, in their natural spatial distribution and at their original physiological state,» she said.
In the present
study, the researchers have discovered a reason for reduced fertility in people with autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 1 (APS1), which increases the risk of developing autoimmune disease (caused by the immune system attacking and damaging healthy
cells) and which is often
used as a model for autoimmune disease in general.
Though the
study was small,
using cells from only four autistic patients and eight family members, the results may indicate common factors underlying autism, the scientists say.
Schmidt et al.
used high - resolution proteomics, electrophysiology, biochemistry, and immunocytochemistry on wild - type and knockout
cells and animals to
study PMCA - interacting proteins.
Researchers there are examining the role of other signaling factory beyond BMP as well as conducting further
studies using human
cells and human scar tissue.
«The hope is that ZPF217 could be
used to maintain supplies of therapeutic stem
cells,» said lead
study author Martin Walsh, PhD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Structural and Chemical Biology, and Genetics and Genomic Sciences of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Snyder and his team have since
studied many of the proteins in that network that interact with NO, including GAPDH, a protein best known for regulating how
cells store and
use sugars.
In the meantime, researchers could
use the
cells to
study neurological and psychiatric disorders in Petri dishes.
Scientists
use cell reprogramming techniques to produce
cells in the lab so that they can
study diseases.
Richard Jones, M.D., professor and director of the Bone Marrow Transplant Program at Johns Hopkins, developed a now commonly
used assay to
study ALDH levels in individual
cells.
Large quantities of these reverted
cells could be
used to treat anything from spinal cord injury to liver damage without the risk of tissue rejection, said Robert Weinberg, a biologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and co-author of a
study appearing in
Cell.
Our
studies involve the
use of a whole -
cell patch clamp, an electrophysiological approach to measure the transmembrane current of a single
cell, to identify the effects of herbs on the cardiovascular system.
This
study identifies myomerger as a fundmentally required protein for muscle development
using cell culture and laboratory mouse models.
They're also
used as biological probes to image cancer and to
study processes inside
cells,» Pentelute says.
The
study results were found
using mouse embryonic stem
cells, which are good
cell models for the
study of processes seen in human stem
cells.
Combing the genetic data from a transmission
study in ferrets, a team led by Thomas Friedrich, a professor of pathobiological sciences at the University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, found that during transmission, when one animal is infected by another through sneezing or coughing, the process of natural selection acts strongly on hemagglutinin, the structure the virus
uses to attach to and infect host
cells.
A new
study has identified a group of molecules in prostate - cancer
cells that doctors might one day
use to distinguish which patients should be treated with radiation therapy if rising PSA levels indicate their cancer has recurred after surgical removal of the prostate.
«Cultural revolution in the
study of the gut microbiome: Human gut - on - a-chip technology
used to co-culture gut microbiome, human intestinal
cells could lead to new therapies for inflammatory bowel diseases.»
In preclinical
studies using cell models that mimicked liver
cells of patients with the rare disease Friedreich's ataxia (FA), a widely
used cholesterol - lowering drug increased a precursor of HDL (high - density lipoprotein), the «good cholesterol,» according to new research published in PLOS ONE from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
«Overall, our
studies show that by
using modified techniques we will be able to observe non-uniform cancer
cells, regardless of their origin,» Polo - Parada said.
Protein expression in these glioblastoma
cells more closely mimicked that in real cancer
cells than in 2D cultures of
cells, indicating that this method could be
used to
study cancer (Nature Nanotechnology, DOI: 10.1038 / nnano.2010.23).
«Before this
study, it was not known if it is possible to produce sufficient numbers of these
cells and successfully
use them to remuscularize damaged hearts in a large animal whose heart size and physiology is similar to that of the human heart,» said Dr. Charles Murry, UW professor of pathology and bioengineering, who led the research team that conducted the experiment.
Some of the researchers at the centre will
study the differentiation of stem
cells into other
cell types, one group by
using human embryonic stem
cell biology and another by
studying early embryo development.
Dr Claudia Wellbrock,
study author and Cancer Research UK scientist at The University of Manchester and a member of the Manchester Cancer Research Centre, said: «We
used to think that cancer
cells spread by first specialising in invading other parts of the body and then change in order to grow rapidly.
Now a University of Colorado Cancer Center
study published online ahead of print in the journal Oncogene offers compelling evidence explaining this failure and offering a possible strategy for the
use of retinoic acid or other retinoids against some breast cancers: Because early clinical trials are often offered to patients who have already tried other more established therapies, breast cancer
cells may have been pushed past an important tipping point that offers retinoic acid resistance.