Researchers at the European Union Reference Laboratory for alternatives to animal testing developed five different tests that
use human blood cells to detect contaminants in drugs that cause a potentially dangerous fever response.
Not exact matches
Then a team of Chinese researchers
used that base editor to correct a mutation in
human embryos that causes the
blood disorder beta - thalassemia, reported September 23 in Protein &
Cell (SN: 11/25/17, p. 7).
Using viral gene insertion and regulatory proteins, researchers turned adult
human skin
cells directly into adult
human blood cells, without first returning them to a fully pluripotent state.
Using a mathematical model known as the Ising model, invented to describe phase transitions in statistical physics, such as how a substance changes from liquid to gas, the Johns Hopkins researchers calculated the probability distribution of methylation along the genome in several different
human cell types, including normal and cancerous colon, lung and liver
cells, as well as brain, skin,
blood and embryonic stem
cells.
The Porteus team started with
human stem
cells from the
blood of patients with sickle
cell disease, corrected the gene mutation
using CRISPR and then concentrated the
human stem
cells so that 90 percent carried the corrected sickle
cell gene.
But the factor that may make the discovery very significant is that umbilical cord
blood can be saved, stored and multiplied without any of the ethical dilemmas facing embryonic stem
cell use, which are derived from
human fetuses.
Using cells from cadavers, doctors have been experimentally transplanting pancreatic islets into
humans for decades, but as many as 60 percent of the transplanted islets die immediately because they are cut off from their
blood supply and are killed by an immune response due to direct injection into the bloodstream, and those that survive the transplant usually die within several months.
A DEVICE that filters cancer
cells from
human blood using sound could help to identify tumour
cells that have spread.
Unlike
humans, who
use their lymphatic systems to produce and transport white
blood cells, tuna
use theirs to move two of their fins, researchers report today in Science.
The stem
cells, derived from
human umbilical cord -
blood and coaxed into an embryonic - like state, were grown without the conventional
use of viruses, which can mutate genes and initiate cancers, according to the scientists.
Using an in vitro
human blood brain barrier model, the researchers demonstrated that radiolabeled mAb2556 could cross the
blood brain barrier and kill HIV - infected
cells without any overt damage to the barrier itself.
Researchers have
used radioimmunotherapy (RIT) to destroy remaining
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)- infected
cells in the
blood samples of patients treated with antiretroviral therapy, offering the promise of a strategy for curing HIV infection.
Researchers from the Gladstone Institutes have
used human cells to discover how
blood flow in the heart protects against the hardening of valves in cardiovascular disease.
This is already widely
used to preserve certain kinds of mammalian
cells, including
blood cells, and will even preserve very early mammalian embryos, including
humans, when the
cells are all similar and have not yet taken specific functions.
• News of Embryonic Stem
Cells • A University of Wisconsin team used human embryonic cells to form cells that manufacture platelets as well as red and white blood c
Cells • A University of Wisconsin team
used human embryonic
cells to form cells that manufacture platelets as well as red and white blood c
cells to form
cells that manufacture platelets as well as red and white blood c
cells that manufacture platelets as well as red and white
blood cellscells.
As a result of the finding, researchers can also
use Mauritian cynomolgus macaques to improve stem
cell transplant outcomes for
human patients with other
blood - related conditions such as leukemia and sickle -
cell disease.
«The beauty of this study is that we now have a system in which we can investigate how a signaling
cell uses these two genes Yorkie and Scalloped, which have never before been shown in
blood, to direct specific
cells to be made,» said Dr. Martinez - Agosto, associate professor of
human genetics.
Future research Because there are few salivary gland stem
cells in the
human mouth, the scientists plan to continue
using rat salivary glands to refine the process, but eventually hope to
use stem
cells derived from
human bone marrow or umbilical cord
blood to regenerate salivary glands for
humans.
«Our group pioneered the development of
cell culture technology for harvesting large numbers of stem
cells from
human bone marrow and
human umbilical cord
blood,» Dr. Yeh said, noting that stem
cells from these two sources are abundant and can be guided into different types of
cells using tissue engineering.
In a series of studies this year, molecular geneticists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
used a harmless virus to ferry new genes through the bloodstream, across
blood vessel walls, and into almost every muscle
cell in the bodies of hamsters bred to have
human genetic diseases.
His team have begun recolonising the primate scaffolds with
human cells that line
blood vessels, the first step towards
human - scale biolimb development, and have started experiments
using human myoblasts in rats instead of the mice ones.
Among the new tests Cowan expects will be ready in time for the games are a more accurate test for
human growth hormone (HGH) and a test for autologous
blood doping, a method athletes
use to boost the number of red
blood cells and oxygen in circulation by drawing their own
blood, storing it, and then transfusing it back into themselves.
To explore the potential for application, the group then attempted a similar experiment
using human blood stem
cells taken from umbilical cords, which they transfected with a vector encoding
human Id3.
Now a team has
used stem
cells from
human cord
blood to make
cells that produce EPO.
Using cells from mice and
human livers, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute researchers demonstrated for the first time how under specific conditions, such as obesity, liver CD8 + T
cells, white
blood cells which play an important role in the control of viral infections, become highly activated and inflammatory, reprogramming themselves into disease - driving
cells.
Immunologists have suspected that P. falciparum, the most deadly malaria parasite,
uses several mechanisms to evade the
human immune response and invade red
blood cells.
Humans have many
cell types - nerve
cells,
blood cells, skin
cells, to name a few - and while each
cell contains the same genetic instructions, different parts of the genetic information are
used to produce proteins in each type of
cell.
CRISPR / Cas9 could be
used to develop therapies for
humans for genetic
blood diseases such as sickle
cell or thalassemia, and this paper does not change that potential.
To date, researchers have
used human iPS
cells to make cardiac
cells that repaired heart damage in a pig and insulin - producing pancreas
cells that reversed high
blood sugar in mice.
The assay has been validated for
use with
human and mouse
cell lysates and tissue homogenates, such as peripheral
blood mononuclear
cell (PBMC) lysates, and will be marketed through Enzo's worldwide sales and marketing group.
Using blood collected from elderly persons aged up to one hundred and demonstrating no cognitive impairment, the researchers isolated precisely those immune
cells whose antibodies are able to identify toxic beta - amyloid plaques but not the amyloid precursor protein that is present throughout the
human body and that presumably plays an important role in the growth of nerve
cells.
The
use of
human embryonic stem
cells, as opposed to patient
blood, as the starting material for AST - VAC2 provides a scalable system for the production of a large number of vaccine doses in a single lot, reducing manufacturing costs, enabling «off - the - shelf» availability, and ensuring product consistency.
Using standard enzyme - linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) and peripheral
blood mononuclear
cell (PBMC) assays, researchers discovered that unlike previously described
human antibodies to lipids, WR321 did not react with any of 17 other lipids it was tested against, including cholesterol, glycolipids, and other phospholipids such as cardiolipin and phosphatidylserine, but it bound specifically only to two phosphoinositides.
In a study
using human muscle tissue, scientists in Children's Stem
Cell Research Center - led by Johnny Huard, PhD, and Bruno Péault, PhD - isolated and characterized stem cells taken from blood vessels (known as myoendothelial cells) that are easily isolated using cell - sorting techniques, proliferate rapidly and can be differentiated in the laboratory into muscle, bone and cartilage ce
Cell Research Center - led by Johnny Huard, PhD, and Bruno Péault, PhD - isolated and characterized stem
cells taken from
blood vessels (known as myoendothelial
cells) that are easily isolated
using cell - sorting techniques, proliferate rapidly and can be differentiated in the laboratory into muscle, bone and cartilage ce
cell - sorting techniques, proliferate rapidly and can be differentiated in the laboratory into muscle, bone and cartilage
cells.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Researchers from the Gladstone Institutes have
used human cells to discover how
blood flow in the heart protects against the hardening of valves in cardiovascular disease.
The antibodies listed above in the immunocytochemistry section were also
used on eye sections together with a cocktail of antibodies generated against
human - specific markers (HSM) to identify
human cells (the Oka
blood group antigen, mouse TRA -1-85, 1 ∶ 10 (a kind gift from Peter Andrews, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK) together with mouse
human nuclear antigen, 1 ∶ 1000, Millipore).
Much more study is needed before it can be determined if the artificial
blood cells could be
used in
humans, but Doctor says he envisions ErythroMer could transform care for situations like military casualties or for people that need to be resuscitated before reaching a hospital.
Salt is also an absolutely essential part of both
human and animal life due to the sodium that is contains, which is
used to maintain some of the body's most integral functions including regulating fluid in
blood cells and helping to send information to nerves and muscles.
Following the release of this substance, it started to be
used by those within the medical community discovered that this steroid also helped improved the process in which the
human body would produce red
blood cells.
Year 6 Science Assessments and Tracking Objectives covered: Describe how living things are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics and based on similarities and differences, including micro-organisms, plants and animals Give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics Identify and name the main parts of the
human circulatory system, and describe the functions of the heart,
blood vessels and
blood Recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function Describe the ways in which nutrients and water are transported within animals, including
humans Recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago Recognise that living things produce offspring of the same kind, but normally offspring vary and are not identical to their parents Identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution Recognise that light appears to travel in straight lines
Use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain that objects are seen because they give out or reflect light into the eye Explain that we see things because light travels from light sources to our eyes or from light sources to objects and then to our eyes
Use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain why shadows have the same shape as the objects that cast them Associate the brightness of a lamp or the volume of a buzzer with the number and voltage of
cells used in the circuit Compare and give reasons for variations in how components function, including the brightness of bulbs, the loudness of buzzers and the on / off position of switches
Use recognised symbols when representing a simple circuit in a diagram
The problem with
using meters designed for
humans is that they were designed to work with
human red
blood cells which are larger than dog and cat red
blood cells.
Bone marrow transplants for dogs is a relatively new procedure that involves the
use of Leukophoresis machines — the same equipment
used in
human medicine — that are designed to harvest healthy stem
cells from the peripheral
blood.