Sentences with phrase «used cell fusion»

The researcher Pia Cosma and her team have used the cell fusion mechanism to reprogram the neurons in the retina.

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Cell fusion technology is used to hybridize plants by removing cell walls from two cells of different species, usually those that would not normally breed under natural conditions, and then merging their conteCell fusion technology is used to hybridize plants by removing cell walls from two cells of different species, usually those that would not normally breed under natural conditions, and then merging their contecell walls from two cells of different species, usually those that would not normally breed under natural conditions, and then merging their contents.

Researchers then tested cell cultures and mouse models by using a gene editing process called CRISPR - Cas9 to demonstrate how the presence or absence of myomaker and myomerger — both individually and in unison — affect cell fusion and muscle formation.

Chinnaiyan and colleagues then conducted studies using cancer cells and found that the different FGFR fusion proteins all seemed to drive cancer cell proliferation by activating FGFR signaling.

Designed for use in spinal fusion surgery of the lower back, Infuse consists of a titanium cage that houses a collagen sponge soaked in bone morphogenetic protein (BMP), a growth factor that signals bone - forming cells to produce new tissue.

The researchers used genotyping to ascertain that mating, rather than just «stickiness» or cell fusion, was occurring, confirming a change from asexual to sexual behavior.

The test developed by Garcia for the current study used fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) to visualize BRAF and its fusion partner KIAA1549 inside cells, allowing researchers to see when these genes were fused together and when they were apart.

The PPL team used the traditional fusion technique to marry the donor cell nucleus to the egg.

However, by combining the capabilities of the Surface Forces Apparatus (SFA)-- a device that can measure the tiny forces generated by the interaction of two surfaces at the sub-nano scale — and simultaneous imaging using a fluorescence microscope, the researchers were able to see in real time how the cell membranes rearrange in order to connect and open a fusion conduit between them.

«New link found between sex and viruses: A protein required for sperm - egg fusion is identical to a protein viruses use to invade host cells.»

Transient assays were done in onion epidermal cells using the plant signal sequence fused to RBP and a GFP reporter (ssRBP - GFP fusion protein) with RBP fused to GFP as a control.

Their basic approach is to use fluorescence microscopy to follow a GFP - Mig1p fusion protein in a single cell, something that has only become possible recently.

Richard Scheller has used a combination of biochemistry, molecular biology, and cell biology to identify several key synaptic vesicle and plasma membrane proteins involved in fusion of the neurotransmitter - containing vesicles with the membrane of the presynaptic terminal.

«Design and use of fluorescent fusion proteins in cell biology.

«This is the first demonstration using such a vesicle fusion process for delivering insulin that employs insulin - containing vesicles like those found in a beta cell and can reproduce the beta cell's functions in sensing glucose and responding with insulin «secretion»,» says Zhaowei Chen, lead author on the study.

Calibration curves correlating this ratio to the total expression time can therefore be used to determine how long a pool of FP timers has been expressed, either in whole cells or as a pool of fusion proteins localized to a specific region of the cell.

The nuclei were produced via fusion - evaporation reactions and separated from projectile - like and target - like particles using GARIS - II before being stopped in a helium - filled gas cell.

The DT40 cell clone used expresses an inducible form of the Cre recombinase (a MerCreMer fusion protein) in order to excise the floxed AID and thereby stop mutational activity if desired.

There are various types of technologies that can play significant roles in mitigating climate change, including energy efficiency improvements throughout the energy system (especially at the end use side); solar, wind, nuclear fission and fusion and geothermal, biomass and clean fossil technologies, including carbon capture and storage; energy from waste; hydrogen production from non-fossil energy sources and fuel cells (Pacala and Socolow, 2004; IEA, 2006b).

Deployed to Camp Doha, Kuwait as an Imagery Specialist during the invasion of Iraq as part of a long - term intelligence fusion cell on the Baghdad team, using a real time GIS to make weekly geospatial reports of enemy activity (August 2002 - April 2003)