Sentences with phrase «cells by needle»

If a growth is found, it is tempting to sample the cells by needle aspirate; however, the TCC is famous for seeding other organs via needle track so it best not to attempt aspiration.

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More recently, however, researchers have suggested that macrophages — specialized immune cells that reside in the dermis — are attracted to the wound inflicted by the tattoo needle and gobble up the tattoo pigment just as they would normally engulf an invading pathogen or piece of a dying cell.

«One particularly important aspect was to find a suitable coating for the needle, to prevent fouling by cell material,» comments Guillaume - Gentil.

When Oudhoff applied human saliva to skin - cell cultures scratched by a needle, however, he found that the concentrations of growth factors were too low to have any therapeutic effect.

Albertini cites a popular IVF technique known as intracytoplasmic sperm injection, or ICSI, in which sperm is injected by needle right into the middle of an egg cell.

Not unlike looking for the proverbial needle in a haystack, a team of Michigan State University researchers have found a gene that could be key to the development of stem cells — cells that can potentially save millions of lives by morphing into practically any cell in the body.

The magnetite particles are thought to act like microscopic compass needles, relaying information to the nervous system by straining or twisting receptors in cells as they attempt to align with the Earth's magnetic field.

Guided by a camera and the ultrasound probe, Waxman carefully positioned the endoscope over the tumor and passed a fine needle into the pancreatic lesion to sample tissue cells for biopsy.

One common cause of false positives are so - called «high - risk» lesions that appear suspicious on mammograms and have abnormal cells when tested by needle biopsy.

«Many lung cancer patients have their diagnosis made by fine needle aspirate — doctors extract cells via a long needle.

Donating stem cells from bone marrow usually involves receiving general anesthesia for removal of the marrow from the hip bone by needle.

This is done by placing a small needle into an affected lymph node and removing cells for microscopic evaluation.

In many cases cancers can be diagnosed by withdrawing a sample of tumor cells with a small needle, while in other cases a surgical biopsy may be performed.

It's important to classify a patient with lymphoma classified into T or B cell, which can be done easily by a fine needle aspiration cytology flow cytometry at Colorado.

Fine Needle Aspirate — removal of cells from a tumor by way of a hollow needle and syNeedle Aspirate — removal of cells from a tumor by way of a hollow needle and syneedle and syringe.

Cytology is the microscopic examination of cell samples obtained by needle aspiration.

Needle Biopsy — removal of cells from a tumor by way of a hollow needle and syNeedle Biopsy — removal of cells from a tumor by way of a hollow needle and syneedle and syringe.

Mast cell tumors are usually diagnosed by fine needle aspirate - collecting cells with a small needle and spreading them on a microscope slide.

Diagnosing lymphoma usually starts by obtaining cells of the affected organ with a needle for a clinical pathologist to examine.

To avoid the risk of tumor seeding (spillage of tumor cell clusters and their subsequent growth at a site adjacent to the original tumor) through cystosyntesis (a procedure in which needle is inserted into the urinary bladder of an animal through the abdomen and a sample of urine is removed), urine may be collected by free catch or catheterization.

Dogs affected by certain cancers should not undergo acupuncture due to the fact that the needles can actually accelerate cancer growth cells.

Red blood cells may be normal if the sample was collected by a catheter or needle.

Mast cell tumors of the skin can be diagnosed by taking a small sample of the area with a fine needle.