Sentences with phrase «embolic agent»

Inspired by the sandcastle worm (Phragmatopoma californica), Stewart has designed a new — and he thinks better — embolic agent.

Russell Stewart, a bioengineer at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, is tapping into marine - dwelling sandcastle worms for a different glue goal: He wants to create a better embolic agent — a way to deliberately block blood flow to certain tissues.

Embolic agents can cut blood flow to a tumor, say, or stem internal bleeding.