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sarcoma

(Science: oncology, tumour) A form of cancer that arises in the supportive tissues such as bone, cartilage, fat or muscle.

kaposi sarcoma: a sarcoma of spindle cells mixed with angiomatous tissue. Usually classed as an angioblastic tumour. A fairly frequent concomitant to hIV. Infection or long term immunosuppresion.


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... PIC344.jpg 1. leucocyte from a healthy donor 2. human lymphoma cell (cancerous) 3. human urinary bladder carcinoma cell (cancerous) 4. human sarcoma cell (cancerous) 5. blood taken from a healthy rat 6. rat myeloma cell (cancerous) For each DNA sample of cancerous cell above, suit the most ...

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by whizzbee
Sun Mar 01, 2009 3:42 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Mutation
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Re: is it possible to knockdown a gene in a living adult now

... 2008 Apr 29; [Epub ahead of print] Zhang YJ, Bonaparte RS, Patel D, Stein DA, Iversen PL. Blockade of viral interleukin-6 expression of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus. Mol Cancer Ther. 2008 Mar;7(3):712-20. Stone JK, Rijnbrand R, Stein DA, Ma Y, Yang Y, Iversen PL, Andino R. A morpholino ...

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by jonmoulton
Fri Nov 07, 2008 3:44 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: is it possible to knockdown a gene in a living adult now
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Sarcoma murine S180 cell line

Dear all, I do not have this cell line handy, and would need to know their size distribution or at least the mean value (diameter when suspended or volume). These data might be in print in some paper, somewhere... but as it won't be the main focus of the paper, it's tough to search for... Best

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by joce
Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:59 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Sarcoma murine S180 cell line
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virology

... transformed cell. Oncogene come into play, when viral genome of many retroviruses that transform cells. An oncogenic gene in retroviruses is the sarcoma gene, deletions or even mutations in the src gene demolish transformation and tumor promotion. Other than src, there are many other types of ...

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by rabia
Tue May 06, 2008 7:32 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: virology
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Views: 1402

Gene activation?

... the wrong way...well ok maybe not that last one You can also have oncogenes imported into the cells through viruses. Example of this is the Rous Sarcoma Virus. Hope this helps

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by BioLad
Thu Feb 14, 2008 5:30 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Gene activation?
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Views: 686
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