Sentences with phrase «damages organs throughout»

Over a lifetime, an overactive immune system will contribute to an overproduction of AGE's, advanced glycation end products, initiating oxidative reactions within cells that will gradually damage organs throughout the body.

Over time, the disease can damage organs throughout the body.

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Deep vein thrombosis blood clots can become loose and travel throughout the body, possibly damaging an organ.

At the same time, avoiding radiation and alkylators — which cause widespread cellular damage throughout the body — should reduce the risk of long - term HSCT - related complications, such as organ failure and cancer.

In sickle cell anemia, a single genetic mutation leads to abnormal, crescent - shaped red blood cells that clot in tiny blood vessels throughout the body, causing severe pain and eventual organ damage.

A team of researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Center for Engineering in Medicine (MGH - CEM) have created a «liver on a chip,» a model of liver tissue that replicates the metabolic variations found throughout the organ and more accurately reflects the distinctive patterns of liver damage caused by exposure to environmental toxins, including pharmaceutical overdose.

Free radicals can damage tissues and organs throughout your body and may accelerate diseases like arthritis, atherosclerosis, cancer, and coronary artery disease.13, 14

More dangerous is the condition in which hookworm larvae migrate throughout the body, damaging the eyes and internal organs.