Sentences with phrase «invade surrounding»

Abnormal cells are created, forming tumors which invade surrounding healthy tissue.

The bacteria contained in plaque is 1,000 times more resistant to antibiotics than other types of bacteria, and secretes toxins which invade surrounding tissues and cause inflammation.

Localized tumors that do not invade surrounding tissues have the best chance to be cured.

Benign tumors are masses that for the most part stay contained within their own constraints, and do not typically invade surrounding tissues.

When tumors occur in the gland, they can invade surrounding structures including these blood vessels, making them challenging to resect.

They tend to invade surrounding tissues and metastasize (spread to distant tissues) even when the primary tumor is very small.

Cancer starts when cells (internal or external parts of the body) grow too rapidly and get out of control, and as a result, invade its surrounding tissue.

In absence of this characteristic cells are able to grow rapidly and invade surrounding tissues even though they may be receiving, but not processing appropriately, external signals to halt growth.

A key feature of endothelial cells switched to their angiogenic phenotype is their ability to invade the surrounding space.

The result are cancer cells that are capable, from the very start, to invade surrounding tissue and spread metastases.»

«Due to the nature of how a cell nestles among its immediate neighbors, a scientist can now look at cell shapes and make a reasonable guess as to why, and how fast, those cells will migrate, remodel, or invade surrounding tissues.»

In addition to becoming immortal, cancer cells invade the surrounding tissue, rendering it nonfunctional.

This method measures the activity of protein - cutting enzymes called endoproteases, which are made by tumors to help recruit blood vessels and invade surrounding tissues so the cancer can grow and spread.

Even though the invasive cells have an advantage because of their ability to invade surrounding tissues, that invasive nature also has its drawbacks: increased susceptibility to changes in limited resources and their environment.

For several years, the research team from the Turku Centre for Biotechnology lead by Professor Johanna Ivaska has focused their efforts on understanding how cancer cells move and invade surrounding tissue.

Cancer begins with a series of genetic changes that prompt a group of cells to overreplicate and then invade surrounding tissue, the point at which true malignancy begins.

However, because of the aggressive way glioblastomas invade surrounding brain tissue, it is impossible to remove all parts of the tumors, and the cancer eventually returns and spreads.

One reason for this is that the tumour cells invade surrounding, healthy brain tissue, which makes the surgical removal of the tumour virtually impossible.

Understanding how margin length decreases from surgery to pathology — because of how the removed tissue shrinks and tumor cells invade surrounding tissues — can lead to better surgical margin planning and in turn a better prognosis, said corresponding author Milan Milovancev, a board - certified veterinary surgeon at OSU's College of Veterinary Medicine.

The term «in situ» means that the cancerous cells are contained within the breast's milk ducts and have not invaded the surrounding tissue.

Cancer Research UK scientists at The University of Manchester found that some melanoma cells are particularly fast growing, but not very good at invading the surrounding tissue, while other melanoma cells are the opposite — highly invasive but slow - growing.

The prognosis is excellent, but it can cause significant disfigurement by invading surrounding tissues.

Abnormal and uncontrolled production of this class of proteins, known as transcription factors, allow for cells to bypass growth control mechanisms and to develop characteristics necessary for invading surrounding tissues.

They believe the mutated gene causes cancer by triggering cytoskeleton malfunction, which allows the cancer cells to move more quickly than normal cells, essentially invading the surrounding healthy tissue.

It is based on whether the tumor is local to its area of origin, or has spread to the lymph nodes or other parts of the body — as well as how deeply it has invaded surrounding tissues.

«In situ» breast cancers haven't spread to surrounding tissue, which makes them more treatable, while «invasive» breast cancers have invaded surrounding tissue.

Cytology can not show whether the cancer is invading surrounding tissues or if it has been completely removed.

If the tumor is large, local effects of the tumor invading surrounding tissues in the brain can be the limiting factor in survival.

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If you're surrounded by mountains of clutter invading your space at every waking moment in your home, I can see how it would be difficult to not feel overwhelmed and stressed out all the time.

To summarize, Egypt blockaded the Strait of Tiran, and surrounding Arab nations prepared to invade Israel.

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki on Tuesday disclosed that a report detailing the circumstances surrounding the April 18 incident when thugs invaded the Senate chamber and...

Importantly, IRF1 triggers production of a group of proteins, called GBPs, that literally «mobs» the invading bacterium by surrounding and shredding it.

Many studies have shown that stiffness of the extracellular matrix, the fibrous network of collagen that surrounds cells, promotes cellular mobility; cells can get a better grip on stiffer surfaces and thus invade neighboring tissue.

There is, in fact, no evidence that the city was ever invaded, and no indication of bellicose tendencies other than the robust stockade surrounding the city center.

When alien species invade and take over communities, they may not come alone — many plant species are host to a whole suite of microorganisms that not only live in plant cells, but also in the soil surrounding the plants» roots.

This process requires a fundamental change in the character of cells within the primary tumor, insofar as members of a localized cell mass must be converted into actively migrating cells that invade into the surrounding tissue and blood vessels, and finally settle in distant tissues.

In response to an invading parasite, mobile cells from an insect's blood surround and kill the intruder.

These findings suggest that historical milking grounds represent an alternative stable state, maintained by a number of processes, including increased nutrient cycling rates, soil biotic and abiotic processes, and selective feeding on shrubs by lemmings and voles, which prevent the surrounding vegetation from invading in the historical milking grounds.

In the liver, tumor cells occupied the sinusoids and surrounded the central vein with a granulomatous pattern, often eroding the walls and invading the lumen (Fig. 2A) ⇓.

In the real world, we are forced to find balance through surrounding distractions — there's a baby crying, loud traffic, or people invading your space.

These tumours invade and destroy surrounding tissue, and may spread to other parts of the brain.

Up to 50 percent of postpartum women have prolapse.1 To put it simply, pelvic organ prolapse occurs when the organs surrounding the vagina (such as the bladder, uterus, or bowels) start to invade its space.

Soon murder, robbery and sexual politics begin to invade the lives of those who surround themselves with the enigmatic young man.

Spielberg leans into that aspect of her story by having Streep spend the entire film surrounded by powerful white men who constantly lord over her and invade her space so they can override her position.

Worse yet, if you are surrounded by a large force of allies — such as when you are trying to clear out one of your rooms that has been invaded — rendering said allies also prevents all the enemies from appearing on screen.

Tumors like these are «benign,» meaning that even though they may grow slowly in size, they do not spread to other body parts nor invade aggressively into surrounding areas.

Rhinotracheitis virus invades the lining of the nose, pharynx, sinuses, throat, windpipe and the membranes that surround the eyes (conjunctiva).

Malignant tumors usually grow more aggressively, they invade the tissues surrounding them and can metastasize (spread throughout the body).

The criterion of invasion, or how much the tumor tissue invades or affects the surrounding tissue, differentiates benign from malignant tumors.

When heartworms invade your pet's body and grow to adulthood, they clog the heart, lungs, and blood vessels surrounding both of these organs.