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| | Cell culture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Cell lines that originate with humans are somewhat controversial in bioethics, as they may easily outlive their parent organism and lead to the discovery of lucrative medical treatments. | | | Due to the H5N1 pandemic threat, research into using cell culture for flu vaccines is being funded by the United States government in areas as diverse as using the common cold as a vector of adjuvants. | | | Results of such research will be at least flawed, if not outright wrong in their conclusion, with possible consequences if therapeutic approaches are developed based on it. |
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| | In case of cancer, Dendritic Cell therapy is an immune therapy which harnesses the body's own immune system to fight cancer. | | | Dendritic Cell Therapy thus involves the harvesting of blood cells (ie monocytes or macrophages) from a patient and processing them in the laboratory to produce Dendritic Cells which are then given back to a patient in order to allow massive Dendritic participation in optimally activating the immune system. | | | Dendritic Cell (DC) Therapy or so-called Dendritic Cell vaccine is a newly emerging and potent form of immune therapy used to treat cancer, AIDS and other serious conditions. |
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| | Gray's Anatomy - The Hind-brain or Rhombencephalon - Yahoo! Reference |
| | An important pathway is thus formed between the cerebral cortex and the cerebellum, the first neuron having its cell body in the cortex and sending its axon through the internal capsule and cerebral peduncle to form synapses either by terminals or collaterals with cell bodies situated in the nuclei pontis. | | | Its large multipolar cells are like those in the anterior column of the cord; they form a slender column in the deep part of the formatio reticularis grisea about midway between the dorsal accessory olive and the nucleus of the spinal tract of the trigeminal. | | | This consists of fibers which arise from the cells of the cochlear nucleus, and will be referred to in connection with the cochlear division of the acoustic nerve. |
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| | Glomus Tumors (Jan.1995) |
| | Glomus Jugulare Glomus jugulare tumors can be treated with surgical excision, radiation therapy, surgery and radiation, or observation. | | | Glomus Tympanicum The appropriate treatment of glomus tympanicum tumors isolated to the middle ear, middle ear and mastoid, or even the inner ear (Fisch classifications A & B) is surgical excision. | | | In the 1940's and 1950's, surgical approaches to the temporal bone were limited and recurrence after resection of glomus tumors was common, as were injuries to the facial nerve. |
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| | Comprehensive Nutrient Review: Vitamin D Research Abstracts |
| | Cells incubated with either 10 or 100 nM of the analogues inhibited cell proliferation in a dose-dependent manner, as measured by the dimethylthiazolyl-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. | | | Cell damage and proliferation were monitored by measuring the incorporation of [3H]thymidine in duplicating DNA and by the clonogenic assay. | | | Vitamin D compounds induced a growth arrest followed by apoptosis in both cell lines at concentrations ranging from 1 to 100 nM, indicating that p53 is not necessary for growth-inhibitory effects induced by vitamin D compounds. |
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| | Sickle Cell Anemia-Blood Diseases & Disorders |
| | pain crisis, or sickle crisis - when the flow of blood is blocked to an area because the sickled cells have become stuck in the blood vessel. | | | Sickle cell disease is an inherited disease caused by a genetic mutation. | | | Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder characterized by defective hemoglobin. |
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| | Cell (biology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Another theory holds that the turbulent shores of the ancient coastal waters may have served as a mammoth laboratory, aiding in the countless experiments necessary to bring about the first cell. | | | Other organisms, such as humans, are multicellular, (humans have an estimated 100,000 billion or 10 | | | The cytoplasm of a eukaryotic cell is surrounded by a plasma membrane. |
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| | Cell (biology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Another theory holds that the turbulent shores of the ancient coastal waters may have served as a mammoth laboratory, aiding in the countless experiments necessary to bring about the first cell. | | | The cytoplasm of a eukaryotic cell is surrounded by a plasma membrane. | | | The cell is the structural and functional unit of all living organisms, and is sometimes called the "building block of life." Some organisms, such as bacteria, are unicellular, consisting of a single cell. |
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| | About Squamous Cell |
| | Squamous cell carcinomas may also occur where skin has suffered certain kinds of injury: burns, scars, long-standing sores, sites previously exposed to X-rays or certain chemicals (such as arsenic and petroleum by-products). | | | Squamous cell carcinomas that metastasize most often arise on sites of chronic inflammatory skin conditions or on the mucous membranes or lips. | | | In addition, chronic skin inflammation or medical conditions that suppress the immune system over an extended period of time may encourage development of squamous cell carcinoma. |
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| | eMedicine - Glomus Tumor : Article by Michael B Reynolds, MD |
| | Glomus tumors are neoplasms caused by a proliferation of glomus cells, which make up a portion of the glomus body. | | | Although glomus tumors are thought to arise from glomus cells, these tumors have been observed in extracutaneous locations that are not known to contain glomus cells. | | | Multiple glomus tumors can also be painful, but this feature is less common, and the pain usually is not severe. |
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| | ISSCR :: Stem Cell Science : Frequently Asked Questions |
| | It should be pointed out that research on human embryonic stem cells may not only lead to novel therapies for diseases that are currently difficult or impossible to treat, but also to novel insights into human development and into the nature of our species that could never be obtained from work with experimental animals. | | | Cell recipients would have to take drugs to temporarily suppress their immune systems, which in itself could be dangerous. | | | More research will be required to understand the properties and behavior of these cells to determine their usefulness for future cell therapies. |
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| | Skin Cancer - Skin: health and medical information concerning skin disorders |
| | Some basal cell carcinomas contain melanin pigment, making them look dark rather than shiny. | | | Basal cell carcinoma is the most common form of skin cancer and accounts for more than 90 percent of all skin cancer in the U.S. These cancers almost never spread (metastasize) to other parts of the body. | | | Skin Cancer - Skin: health and medical information concerning skin disorders |
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| | Cornell News: Brain cell transplantation |
| | The system, first tested with rat fetal brain cells and nerve growth factor (NGF) implanted in the brains of adult rats, has yet to be demonstrated in humans. | | | Working with brain cells, their plan was for some NGF to be released almost immediately, when the cells were implanted, while remaining amounts were to be released over a two-week period. | | | For example, the adult brain produces molecules that inhibit cell migration and the growth of axons (the part of the nerve cell that carries the nerve impulse) that could connect nerve cells, while scars that form on the glial (or connecting) cells after brain injuries also inhibit the elongation of axons. |
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| | Rod cell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | While this makes rods more sensitive to smaller amounts of light, it also means that their ability to sense temporal changes (such as quickly changing images) is less accurate than that of cones (Kandel et al., 2000). | | | This fact is responsible for the Purkinje effect, in which blue colors appear more intense relative to reds in darker light, when rods take over as the cells responsible for vision. | | | Activation of a photoreceptor cell is actually a hyperpolarization; when they are not being stimulated, rods and cones depolarize and release a neurotransmitter spontaneously, and activation of photopigments by light sends a signal by preventing this. |
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| | Hair Cell Regeneration |
| | Scientists caution that, even if hair cell regeneration can be induced in humans, clinical use of regeneration techniques is at least a decade away. | | | Other hair cells are responsible for the sense of balance. | | | Hair cells, located in the hearing and balance organs of the inner ear, naturally regenerate after damage in many species of animals. |
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http://www.unc.edu/courses/2002spring/psyc/023/001/hair_cell.html
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| | Mast Cell Cancer In Chinese Shar-Pei |
| | MAST CELL CANCER seems to be a particularly aggressive and troublesome problem in the Shar-Pei breed. | | | Mast cell tumors are often confused with histiocytoma, a benign tumor of the skin which also has a high incidence in the Shar-Pei. | | | Mast cells are radiation-sensitive and radiation therapy is often used as an adjunct to surgery. |
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| | BRAIN CELL DAMAGE FROM AMINO ACID ISOLATES |
| | Parkinson's Disease, itself, is a complex chronic brain disorder resulting primarily from progressive death of a specific group of nerve cells in a layer of a region of the substantia nigra (basal ganglia) in the midbrain. | | | The brain's capillary system (blood brain barrier), on the other hand, are composed of tightly packed cells or "junctions" which reduce their permeability and eliminates the bulk flow of solutes through them. | | | The brain, on an anatomical level, is an integrated network of nerve cells, support cells (astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, et al), and is the controller for nerve-endocrine coordinating functions and its feedback network. |
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| | AllRefer Health - Squamous Cell Cancer (Cancer - Skin - Squamous Cell, Skin Cancer - Squamous Cell) |
| | Exposure to arsenic, which may be present in some herbicides, is another risk for development of skin cancers. | | | Skin cancer has a high cure rate if it is treated early, but neglect can allow the cancer to spread, causing disability or death. | | | Other risks include genetic predisposition (skin cancers are more common in those who have light colored skin, blue or green eyes, and blond or red hair), chemical pollution, and overexposure to X-rays or other forms of radiation. |
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| | bioethics.net :: RETRACTED: Oocyte and Somatic Cell Procurement for Stem Cell Research: |
| | The researcher emphasized that the cell donor would not receive any intellectual or property rights that might be derived from the study, and that future therapeutic applications of the study could not be guaranteed. | | | We acknowledge that the consent procedures for oocyte and somatic cell donation here described are works in progress; we believe these two procedures could be improved in various ways, although each proposed change raises new practical considerations. | | | Furthermore, the cell donation counselor could advise the patient of the important fact that his or her cell donation could result in a genetically-matched stem cell line which could be used for a plethora of scientific and even commercial purposes. |
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| | Glossary |
| | Removal of fluid and cells of the bone marrow via use of a needle. | | | Protein produced by a plasma cell that is generated in reaction to a foreign protein (antigen), thus producing an immunity against that protein; also known as an immunoglobulin. | | | Protein produced by a plasma cell that is generated in reaction to a foreign protein (antigen), thus producing an immunity against that protein; also known as an antibody. |
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| | Cell Phone Culture |
| | To summarize: Cell phones are enabling people to create their own micro-cultures; they are changing cultural norms and values, and demonstrating consumers' ability to modify and repurpose technology for their own use. | | | Cell phones seem similar, in that the object itself was not created to fill a specific need, but rather has potentialities that are realized differently by different people or are exploited differently by corporate rivals. | | | Cell phone penetration is expected to outstrip computer penetration in Asia for several years, and most cell phones are used by people under 25. |
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| | Brain Cells Found to Regenerate |
| | Another issue to be resolved is whether the new brain cells will form networks, said Dennis Maiman, MD, professor of neurosurgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin who practices at Froedtert Hospital. | | | After the patients died, their brains were examined for the presence of the agent, which attaches itself to the DNA of new cells. | | | Brain cell regeneration had been observed before in some lower mammals, but not in humans, monkeys or apes. |
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| | Le Magazine, September 1995 - Update: Protecting Against Brain Cell Aging |
| | Moreover, new studies show that a decline in energy metabolism causes brain cells to be more vulnerable to blood flow disruption, which leads to an increasingly high incidence of paralysis and death in elderly people who suffer mild forms of cerebral vascular disease, transient ischemic attacks, multi-infarct dementia, and strokes. | | | The doctor responsible for bringing deprenyl from the research lab into clinical medicine has created a new therapy that may be as important as deprenyl. | | | The brain controls sex drive, reproduction, temperature, blood pressure, and resistance to disease through its regulation of our neuroendocrine, immune, and cardiovascular systems. |
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| | Immune System |
| | A phagocyte is a cell that attracts (by chemotaxis), adheres to, engulfs, and ingests foreign bodies. | | | T cells are nonantibody-producing lymphocytes which are also produced in the bone marrow but sensitized in the thymus and constitute the basis of cell-mediated immunity. | | | B cells are produced in the stem cells of the bone marrow; they produce antibody and oversee humoral immunity. |
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| | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Immune response |
| | A blood differential count may reveal an high percentage of phagocytes (white blood cells that eat other cells), meaning that the body is responding to a need to fight infection. | | | Acquired immunity is when the body is exposed to various antigens and builds a defense that is specific to that antigen. | | | The immune response is how your body recognizes and defends itself against bacteria, viruses, and substances that appear foreign and harmful to the body. |
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| | Cell (biology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Another theory holds that the turbulent shores of the ancient coastal waters may have served as a mammoth labratory, aiding in the countless experiments necessary to bring about the first cell. | | | Other organisms, such as humans, are multicellular, (humans have an estimated 100,000 billion = 10 | | | The cytoplasm of a eukaryotic cell is surrounded by a plasma membrane. |
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| | mmfaqislet.txt |
| | A third problem is that these cells do not replace themselves---thus the need for an easy surgical technique to keep replacing them and the need to keep the encapsulated cells alive as long as possible to reduce the frequency of surgery. | | | But in the healthy person, these cells are critical to the delivery of energy throughout the body. | | | Once the beta cells are isolated and encapsulated, a small hole is placed into the abdomen, a funnel is then inserted, and a certain number of islets are poured in using a beaker. |
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