Sentences with phrase «dangerous clots»
"Dangerous clots" refers to blood clots that can cause harm or be life-threatening. Blood clots are clumps of blood that form when blood thickens. These clots can block the flow of blood through blood vessels and prevent oxygen from reaching important organs. Full definition
With a doctorate in biophysics and experience in pharmaceuticals as a result of a lengthy internship at Merck, he knew that serotonin levels change in patients with thrombosis, which can cause dangerous clots to develop in the bloodstream.
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With gene - editing tools such as CRISPR, scientists can now eliminate immune - provoking sugars from the surface of pig cells, introduce human genes that regulate blood coagulation to prevent dangerous clots, and snip out viral sequences that some fear could infect a human host.
The tiny particles are 1,000 times smaller than the tip of a human hair, and are designed to latch on to atherosclerotic plaques — hard deposits made from accumulated fat, cholesterol and calcium that build up on the walls of arteries and are prone to rupture, producing dangerous clots.
«If this difference is apparent,» he noted, «then a patient is likely to still be within 4.5 hours of symptom onset and thus likely to benefit from thrombolysis» — treatment to dissolve dangerous clots.
Sitting for long periods at a time is a risk factor for this type of dangerous clot, also known as a pulmonary embolism.
Obesity also increases the potential for inflammatory disease of the blood vessels (more on this below) and dangerous clot formations.
The disruption makes it difficult for the heart's upper and lower chambers to work together, increasing the likelihood of blood to pool and dangerous clots to form.