Sentences with phrase «damage nearby tissues»

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However, implanting them can further damage hearing, and electrical currents can spread easily through the neural tissue to stimulate nearby cells, which the patient hears as noise.

In a bid to progress beyond the shotgun approach to fighting cancer — blasting malignant cells with toxic chemicals or radiation, which kills surrounding healthy cells in the process — researchers at the Harvard - MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST) are using nanotechnology to develop seek - and - destroy models to zero in on and dismantle tumors without damaging nearby normal tissue.

Once inside, researchers found that the antibodies zeroed in on their targets — viral antigens — and the radioisotopes destroyed nearby cancer cells without damaging surrounding healthy tissue.

Proton therapy delivers high radiation doses directly to the brain tumor site, with no damage to nearby healthy tissue.

All are aimed at increasing both the safety and effectiveness of radiation treatment while minimizing damage to nearby tissue.

This paradigm of harnessing cells in nearby areas of damage to replenish lost tissue is not just applicable to the heart; it may be useful in many other organs in the body that have support cells like fibroblasts.

The infection can spread until the nearby tissue dies, muscle or nerves are damaged, and / or the resulting massive wound is difficult to heal.