Sentences with phrase «because hypoxic conditions»

These «aggregates» can comprise hundreds of thousands of cells, be up to 2 mm in diameter and be eight times more resistant to chemotherapy drugs — firstly because hypoxic conditions are created inside the aggregates and secondly because these tumour cells reduce growth and are therefore less sensitive.

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However, the offspring of these adults, when reared in hypoxic conditions showed less ability to regulate their oxygen uptake and were significantly smaller than those of normoxic parents, potentially because they were having to expend more energy simply to survive in those conditions.