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...e, suggesting that stem cell repopulation might be stimulated by greater degrees of injury to the lung. The possibility that the presence of male gender pneumocytes in female lungs might result from an earlier pregnancy with a male fetus cannot be ruled out, Zander said. However, the association between the nu...Speak up: Louder neurons form more connections
...tain that memory for the future. Likewise, neurons stimulated by engaging toys or experiences will probably create larger arbors than similar neurons in less exciting conditions. “We are looking at a dynamic part of development,?Smith said. “These are the connections that let us think and fight and love.?/p...Confirmation of human protein interaction data by human expression data
...tain that memory for the future. Likewise, neurons stimulated by engaging toys or experiences will probably create larger arbors than similar neurons in less exciting conditions. “We are looking at a dynamic part of development,?Smith said. “These are the connections that let us think and fight and love.?/p...A protein in the eye may prevent immune response and protect eyes from disease
...-blown immune response, other types of T Cells are stimulated that start the immune attack, inflammation, and tissue destruction. Since the F4/80 protein was identified as a crucial player in the development of immune privilege, the Schepens' team postulated that the protein had an important role in immune reg...Environmental chemical cocktail may sabotage sperm
...ons of small quantities of these three xenobiotics stimulated sperm far more than when used individually," she said. In particular, the chemicals stimulated the sperm to undergo an acrosome reaction. This is when the cap on the head of the sperm ruptures an...Identification of specific genes predicts which patients will respond to Hepatitis C treatment
...off. Many of the 16 genes which were turned on are stimulated by interferon, one of the key antiviral agents that the body produces in response to viral infection and a medication that patients currently receive as part of their therapy. "Paradoxically, in the non-responders, the liver is revved up and the gene...Six previously blind patients detect light, motion, identify objects with retinal prostheses
... in silicone rubber. The electrodes are wirelessly stimulated through an external controller hooked up to a head-mounted video camera. This study is being conducted under a Food and Drug Administration Investigational Device Exemption (IDE), and is funded by Second Sight Medical Products, Inc., Research to Pre...Deep sleep short-circuits brain's grid of connectivity
...ected to specific regions of the brain. The pulses stimulated an electrochemical response from the targeted cell...quickly extinguished and did not travel beyond the stimulated cells. When consciousness fades, according to Tononi, "the brain breaks down into little islands th...Frog peptides block HIV in lab study
...ected to specific regions of the brain. The pulses stimulated an electrochemical response from the targeted cell...quickly extinguished and did not travel beyond the stimulated cells. When consciousness fades, according to Tononi, "the brain breaks down into little islands th...Bacteria are key to 'green' plastics, drugs
...te. Bennett and San activated a second pathway and stimulated production by adding genes from lactococcus bacteria and sorghum. Each genetic pathway metabolizes glucose and produces succinate via dissimilar chemical reactions. That means the two don't compete or interfere with one another. In fact, Bennett and...New lead reported in tumor angiogenesis
...ise, they found that was not the case. Tumor cells stimulated by HGF strongly promoted the formation of a capillary-like network compared with secreted factors induced by HGF alone. "At this point, we didn't have any idea of what was going on," said Wang. "But we started to think that it must involve the direct...Bitter or sweet? The same taste bud can tell the difference
...'t see how a cell could tell the brain when it was stimulated by a bitter taste." The relationship between NPY and CCK may provide the answer. A few years ago, Herness' laboratory was the first to find CCK in taste bud cells. These results suggested that CCK may tell other cells ?those attached to nerve fibers...VCU Massey Cancer Center study shows enzyme linked to spread of breast cancer cells
...a decade ago. While researchers know that SphK1 is stimulated by multiple growth factors, less is known about how SphK2 is regulated. Spiegel and her team are continuing this work to better understand the functions of these enzymes. "Our work suggests that sphingosine kinases are potential new targets in cance......ng, and a neighboring excitatory neuron. They then stimulated one or the other neuron and measured responses in the second neuron. They found that connections from the fast-spiking neurons were six times stronger when both cells were interconnected than if there was only a one-way inhibitory connection "This de...What can change in the brain? Electrical synapses, research shows
...ons that were connected by electrical synapses and stimulated other brain cells using brief bursts of electricity to see how the neurons would respond. They also treated neurons with two different drugs. All three techniques either activated or blocked metabotropic glutamate receptors or mGluRs, a type of neura...Langerhans cells regulate immune reactions in the skin
...acks Langerhans cells in the skin from birth. They stimulated the skin of these mice to create hypersensitivity similar to a poison ivy reaction. They expected that mice without Langerhans cells would have less immune response in the skin. "Unexpectedly, instead of a decreased immune response to contact hyper......scle cells. In contrast, when they were beforehand stimulated with a protein known as CDO, the cells showed certain characteristics of skeleton muscle cells. In both experiments, a row of muscle-specific genes was activated in the cells. This provided evidence for the beginnings of a differentiation process. B...Researchers uncover mechanisms of estrogen in promoting cell death in breast cancer
... depolarization of the mitochondrial membrane, and stimulated the release of a molecule called cytochrome c into the cell's interior, where it could activate several cellular enzymes, called caspases, which in turn initiate cell degradation. They also found that estradiol caused complete tumor regression in mic...Newly identified mechanism helps explain why people of African descent are more vulnerable to TB
... found that when Toll-like receptors in humans are stimulated by specific molecules of the tubercle bacillus, vi...ty to produce vitamin D. When the macrophages were stimulated by molecules of the tubercle bacillus that trigger Toll-like receptors, the research team found that...Learning to love bacteria: Stanford scientist highlights bugs' benefits
...fected host is constantly having its immune system stimulated and refined, that may provide it with resistance to other things." He wondered whether, as seen with H. pylori, humans are also unknowingly causing the disappearance of other things that have been with us for all of our evolution, and that might pla...Other Tagsrational 2rational 3destroys 2destroys 3destroys 4embryos 2embryos 3embryos 4embryos 5embryos 6succeed 2
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