Sentences with phrase «as tumour»

If levels are elevated, an MRI must be conducted to rule out a physical issue with the pituitary gland, such as a tumour.

Nanotechnology can deliver drugs to specific cells, such as tumour cells, reducing the chances of adverse reactions in the patient.

Such genes might include those for various cytokines — substances produced by cells of the immune system — such as tumour necrosis factor, interleukins and interferons.

This process is referred to as tumour immunoediting,» added Ms Aditi Qamra, graduate student at the Genome Institute of Singapore and first author of this study.

Intriguingly, previous research found that RASAL2 was lost in some of the luminal type of breast tumours, where it acts as a tumour suppressor.

«Our results suggest that we've been looking at these cancer drugs the wrong way — as tumour - targeting drugs — instead of what we now feel is their most important biological role: as immune stimulating therapy.»

PTEN is known as a tumour suppressor gene meaning that it typically slows the growth of cells and its loss can lead to cancer.

To target liposomes to certain tissues or cells, such as tumour cells, a specific binder of a unique protein (an antigen) on the targeted cell, known as a monoclonal antibody, must be linked to the liposome surface.

And a histogram of stiffness showed that as tumours become «pre-malignant», two peaks appear on the graph, rather than the single one observed for normal cells.

If anything, he says, the two approaches are complementary, as tumours softened up and then shrunk by chemotherapy could be finished off with blood - vessel blockers.

Blood vessel formation is also a critical step in the growth and spreading of cancerous tumours, as tumours require a dedicated blood supply to provide the nutrients for growth.

In summary, we now beginning to obtain insight into the complexities of stromal interactions that support immune dysfunction as tumours develop, both via direct and indirect mechanisms by multiple players and at multiple sites.

Functional imaging using in vivo confocal microscopy which allows the analysis of vaso - activity phenomena during hypoxia, of ischaemia reperfusion events, or of homing cells in pathologic processes, such as tumours or inflammatory diseases.

Hormones are another factor contributing to the development of cancer as some tumours need them to grow.

Acquired abnormalities include damage to the tear duct system due to factors such as infection, injury to the eyelid, trauma to the area around the eyes affecting the bones and soft tissues, irritations due to facial hair around the eyes, infections of the conjunctiva, cornea or tissues inside the eye, increased pressure in the eye, as well as tumours in or around the eyes.

Still, at least I get to darkly laugh at the fact that I can't help but see the black crystals in Luigi's brain as tumours that Dr. Mario is removing in some unseen operating theatre.

Not exact matches

Darzalex, however, has not yet reached its peak potential as the drug moves into earlier stages of the disease and is being tested on solid tumours like lung cancer.

Instead of giving a cancer patient a cocktail of 15 drugs as is done now, doctors could print 15 tumours from a biopsy and determine which one is most effective before issuing a prescription to the patient.

A doctor exams mammograms, a special type of X-ray of the breasts, which is used to detect tumours as part of a regular cancer prevention medical check - up at a clinic in Nice, south eastern France January 4, 2008.

'» As it turned out, there had been a marked reduction in the size of the tumours in the liver.

You do the same thing for them as you would for a a family bereaved by a brain tumour.

The confined, packed - out conditions have serious implications for their physical and mental health — broken bones, osteoporosis and malignant tumours are common, as are stress - induced abnormal behaviours.

It is capable of causing allergic reactions such as abdominal pain, hyperactivity, hives, nasal congestion, and bronchoconstriction, as well as kidney tumours, chromosomal damage, and distaste for food.

If it happens as frequently (I've never known anyone even second or third — hand that it's ever happened to, only tumours) then it's simply not reported, or widely known.

This is because the negative tests after implantation bleeding may also be as a result of tumours, Hemolysis and Lipidemia.

But the chemical has since 1995 been ruled as unsafe in food for human consumption because it is capable of causing damage to one's DNA which can potentially lead to the formation of malignant tumours.

Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita underwent an operation at a hospital in Paris this week as part of treatment for a benign tumour on his neck, the presidency said in a statement late on Wednesday.

«I don't know for sure, but I've heard several senators say that Ted Kennedy with a brain tumour, being 77 years old as opposed to being 37 years old, if he were in England, would not be treated for his disease, because end of life - when you get to be 77, your life is considered less valuable under those systems,» he said.

The Upper Chamber was packed and peers listened in silence as the former cabinet minister spoke about the hope she still had that medical advances in brain tumours can continue.

«For example, the molecule known as cis - platin is very effective at treating cancerous tumours whereas trans - platin is ineffective.

However, one third of cases are triggered by damage to the brain from causes such as head injury, stroke, tumours or infection.

«This phase III trial will be noteworthy for being the first prostate cancer trial to assess a biomarker, namely AR - V7 in circulating tumour cells, as a predictor of response at the same time as testing the efficacy of the drug,» Prof Taplin will conclude.

This suggests that the presence of AR - V7 in circulating tumour cells does not preclude response to galeterone as has been shown to be the case for abiraterone and enzalutamide.»

But traps to mop up tumour cells as they infiltrate the body can boost chances of survival

Within 24 hours, the team found that H. pylori was causing the organoid cells to divide twice as fast as normal, and activating a particular gene, c - Met, that can cause tumours.

The study has been tested in metastatic patients with different primary tumours such as breast, colon and lung cancer.

This time, she was given different chemotherapy — docetaxel and gemcitabine — as it was assumed that her cancer had grown resistant to the previous drugs, and, after several weeks, the tumours had shrunk right down.

The researchers then injected these tumour - specific cells into mice at the same time as injecting melanoma cells.

But as inflammation is known to promote the growth of cancer, they assumed that the cells were helping the tumours to grow.

The main reason why people die of cancer is that the cancer cells spread to form daughter tumours, or metastases, in vital organs, such as the lungs and liver.

«Our results indicate it is a promising agent for clinical trials, and a as an add - on to more conventional therapies, to prevent tumour recurrence, further disease progression and metastasis.»

I find myself more concerned with aspects such as checking that the same symbols are used consistently throughout the text, or putting arrows on photos of clinical scans to show the nonspecialist which white blob is actually the tumour.

Breast cancer patients who have radiotherapy targeted at the original tumour site experience fewer side effects five years after treatment than those who have whole breast radiotherapy, and their cancer is just as unlikely to return, according to trial results published in The Lancet.

«Small node negative tumours can be very aggressive, even if they are classified as clinical low risk,» said de Azambuja.

The importance of exosomes in the tumour microenvironment has been demonstrated within the field in recent years, as it has been shown that tumour development is halted if the production of exosomes inside the cancer cell is stopped.

«With this breakthrough it is possible to generate cell models with the same alterations as observed in tumour cells from patients, which will allow us to study their role in tumour development,» says CNIO researcher Sandra Rodríguez - Perales.

«There are no clear - cut biomarkers for detecting mental disorders as there are for diabetes or tumours, so you have to find new ways to seek them out.

To date, scientists have had limited understanding of how cancers change genetically, or evolve, as they spread from the primary tumour.

But around 3 per cent of males developed a brain cancer known as malignant glioma, and up to 6 per cent grew heart tumours called schwannomas (BioRxiv, doi.org/bjfm).

This means that the cancer cells are no longer able to communicate as effectively and the tumour does not grow as it otherwise would.