Sentences with phrase «lack pigment cells»
«These white markings occur not because the dogs can not produce pigment but because they completely lack pigment cells in the skin in the areas that have white markings», says Izabella Baranowska Körberg who obtained her PhD degree at SLU on a thesis in which this study was included.
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A study published in the British Journal of Nutrition in 2008 found that 198 subjects who followed a strict raw food diet lacked antioxidant lycopene — a red pigment found in tomatoes and proven to protect cells from free radicals and fight collagen depletion, heart disease and skin cancer.
«The lack of pigment cells causes the death of the nerve cells that need to develop for hearing to occur.»
«The lack of pigment on the head causes the pigment cells in the inner ear to fail to develop, or they may be lacking entirely,» Strain says.
Most common is squamous cell carcinoma, which affects cats lacking pigment on their ears, lips, or noses.