Sentences with phrase «abnormal blood vessels form»

«Instead of treating patients after these abnormal blood vessels form in the eye, we may be able to give patients eye drops or systemic medications that prevent their development in the first place.»

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The device can treat either form of age - related macular degeneration: the dry stage, where the delicate tissues of the macula become thinned and slowly lose function, or the less common wet stage that's caused by the growth of abnormal blood vessels behind the macula.

Brodsky was part of a team that developed the modified Ham test that measures levels of components of serum,, a protein - rich liquid in blood, and showed it was effective in diagnosing atypical hemolytic - uremic syndrome (aHUS), a genetic disorder in which abnormal blood clots form in small blood vessels in the kidneys.

We really wanted to find a compound, a chemical, that would profoundly stop the growth of blood vessel cells, which of course are the cells that go on to form the abnormal angiogenesis in wet AMD.

We know with the wet form that one of the major features is the abnormal blood vessels, and we know that if we stop that we can potentially halt the disease.

Great for your immune system and liver, reishi mushrooms have been described as having «lifespan - extending properties» because they're helpful in preventing abnormal blood vessels from forming.

Some cancers manifest themselves in the form of a mass of abnormal cells called a tumor, while others affect cells in the blood or lymph systemA network of organs, lymph nodes, lymph ducts, and lymph vessels that make and move lymph from tissues to the bloodstream.

Conversly, the «wet» form of macular degeneration is characterized by the growth of abnormal blood vessels from the choroid underneath the macula which then go on to create «blind spots» in a patient's field of vision.

Arteriovenous Malformations (AVM) are defined as a tangle of abnormal and / or poorly formed blood vessels that create a «knotted cluster».