Sentences with phrase «host blood vessels»

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The host's body will try to stop the bleeding by constricting blood vessels and coagulating the blood to form a clot.

The researchers also found that arteries and veins from the macaques» hearts grew into the new heart tissue, the first time it has been shown that blood vessels from a host animal will grow into and nurture a large stem - cell derived graft of this type.

The force of that blood flow helps keep the cells that line the blood vessels, called endothelial cells, healthy; when blood flow is disrupted, such as during surgical procedures or a stroke, the vessels start to leak, which can cause a host of inflammatory responses that lead to cell damage and disease.

Because the toxin does not target the tumor cells themselves but rather the host - derived blood vessel cells, the strategy could be efficacious for a wide range of tumor types, the NIH team notes.

We can change the host response to the cancer, which is otherwise resistant, and make the vessels more mature, temporarily increasing blood flow to the cancer.

Cheresh said that the results show that the host response to the cancer — whether or not it is making blood vessel - maturing cells, for example — is critical in terms of susceptibility to therapy.

Heartworms can stress the heart, blood vessels, and lungs and cause sudden respiratory distress when they die inside the host.

Vessel feeding facilitates a rapid meal, because the host's blood pressure gets exploited.

It's caused by parasitic worms, which are spread by mosquito bites and live in the host's heart, lungs and related blood vessels.

Really, keep this in mind: Skin covers an area of 21 square feet on the average adult, and plays host to more than 11 miles of blood vessels.