Sentences with phrase «blood cell replacements»

That implies that blood is leaking from its circulation or body somewhere or pooling in an organ such as the spleen (one cause of splenomegaly) and that your pet still has the capacity to produce new red blood cell replacements.

Not exact matches

This elusive stability must be achieved before stem cell supplies can be kept on hand until it is time to turn them into replacements for say misshapen red blood cells seen in sickle cell anemia or abnormal white blood cells causing leukemia.

Their major hurdle: to come up with a replacement for hemoglobin (an iron - enriched protein in red blood cells that transports oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body) that can be directly introduced into the human circulatory system.

HSCT is effectively used today as a form of «replacement» therapy for patients with hard - to - treat blood cancers, providing healthy cells from either the patient (autologous transplantation) or from a donor (allogeneic transplantation) to better equip patients to fight the disease on their own.

On - demand replacement body parts inched closer to reality with the announcement from San Diego biotech company Organovo that its organ «printer» had created the first artificial blood vessel made entirely from human cells, with no synthetic scaffolding.

To determine whether Langerhans cells replenish by dividing in the skin or by recruiting replacements from the bloodstream, pathologist Miriam Merad of Stanford University and colleagues surgically joined two mice so that they shared a blood supply.

The Regenexx ® family of non-surgical stem cell and blood platelet procedures offer next - generation injection treatments for those who are suffering from knee pain or may be facing knee surgery or knee replacement due to common injuries, arthritis, overuse and other conditions.

Your own healing cells can target a slowed degenerative progression of COPD, restore blood flow, address system - wide inflammation and stimulate the repair and replacement of damaged lung tissue.

A delay or misdiagnosis of these types of fractures can result in paraplegia or quadriplegia; the need for bone grafts, pins or screws to stabilize the bone; joint replacement in the future; or avascular necrosis, a serious condition in which bone cells die prematurely due to an interruption in blood supply.