Sentences with word «oesophagus»

My brother died of oesophagus cancer at 38 years old, and recently my grandmother passed away from complications of breast cancer.

ab16667 staining Ki67 in rat oesophagus by Immunohistochemistry (Formalin / PFA - fixed paraffin - embedded sections).

My host tending to her dying father (suffering from oesophagus cancer) as he spat blood into newspaper scraps.

«Experimental orthotopic transplantation of a tissue - engineered oesophagus in rats» describes transplanting an esophagus into rats that was seeded with their own stem cells, and notes that all animals survived the study period (14 days), and gained more weight than rats given a placebo operation.

Babies spend a lot of time lying down, have a liquid diet and a short oesophagus.

The esophagus (also spelled oesophagus / œsophagus), or gullet is an organ in vertebrates which consists of a muscular tube through which food passes from the mouth area to the stomach.

But where does Barrett's oesophagus come from?

Swallowed by patients, the gelatin capsule dissolves and the sponge expands, such that when it's pulled back out, it comprehensively samples cells from the whole oesophagus, entirely removing the risk of sampling bias.

Considering the fact that you chose not to act on the Nature Communications publication, we will soon see decellularised oesophagus grafts in patients, using this article as support.»

However, IARC classified beverages consumed at very high temperatures, defined as drinks over 65 °C, as «probably carcinogenic to the human oesophagus» 31.

But what is truly amazing about jaggery is that it has a cleansing effect on human organs, especially the lungs, digestive tracks and oesophagus channels.

There are various causes for black tarry stool (presence of the digested blood) including bleeding oesophagus (or anywhere else in the gastrointestinal tract), infections, parasites, poisoning, medicine side effects, tumours, foreign bodies (and other obstructions) or other conditions.

Last week I spent three and a half hours removing a hair ball mass from a cats oesophagus who will probably have difficulties the rest of her life from this and several times a year, I need to surgically remove hair ball masses from intestines due to obstructions.

In the trial they will place the extra cellular matrix inside the body from where the portion of oesophagus has been removed, and hope to stimulate the cells around it to re-grow the missing portion.

Nature Communications is publishing an editorial expression of concern on the manuscript «Experimental orthotopic transplantation of a tissue - engineered oesophagus in rats» from Sjoqvist et al. to alert our readership to concerns regarding the integrity of the study.

Laughing my oesophagus outta me rear out rolling on the floor (Figures guys)

Reflux is something babies grow out of, and is basically forceful regurgitation of excess milk, due to the muscle or valve at the entry to the oesophagus still being undeveloped.

The food has to be collected by the tongue into a more compact mass (bolus) so that it all goes down into the oesophagus and is not allowed to be diverted into air passages and cause choking.

It normally stops by the time a baby is a year old, when the ring of muscle at the bottom of their oesophagus fully develops and stops stomach contents leaking out.

It usually just occurs because a baby's food pipe (oesophagus) is still developing.

Surgery may also be needed if there's a blockage or narrowing in the oesophagus, stomach or small intestine.

In a very small number of babies — most often, babies with serious underlying conditions such as cerebral palsy — an operation may be needed to treat GORD by tightening the ring of muscle at the bottom of the oesophagus.

Reflux in babies is a condition where the weak muscles at the top of the stomach lets the food go back to the oesophagus...

Consequently, stomach acid is then able then make its way into your oesophagus and even to the back of your throat causing discomfort, a burning sensation, and even nausea.

Keeping the baby upright will not allow the food to go up the oesophagus and keep it down.

Reflux in babies is a condition where the weak muscles at the top of the stomach lets the food go back to the oesophagus and makes your baby vomit.

On the other hand a smaller portion doesn't allow the food to go back into the oesophagus and get digested.

Studies have shown that chewing on a piece or two of gum, it seems, helps force fluids back into the stomach and flood the oesophagus with alkaline saliva, neutralizing acids that cause the characteristic burning sensations.

In this condition, the trachea (the windpipe) is connected to the oesophagus (the food pipe).

«So it is possible that H. pylori is good for the oesophagus and bad for the stomach.»

It comprises an estimated 500 million neurons — about five times as many as in the brain of a rat — and is around 9 metres long, stretching from your oesophagus to your anus.

The study is titled, «Transitional basal cells at the squamous - columnar junction generate Barrett's oesophagus.»

The device lengthens the oesophagus so its two ends can be stitched back together, improving life for children with a birth defect called oesophageal atresia

To help them communicate they are often fitted with a valve in their throat to divert air from the lungs to the oesophagus when they exhale, generating a form of speech.

The device is attached to the outside of one section of the oesophagus and gently elongates it by moving the rings apart.

The researchers behind the device have shown that it works in pigs, lengthening the oesophagus by 77 per cent over the course of eight to nine days.

SOME children are born with their oesophagus in two segments, so the top part of the tube doesn't connect to their stomach.

As Rebecca says, «Most adenocarcinoma patients will have come through a pre-malignant stage, called Barrett's oesophagus, and if we really want to turn survival around, finding those people is very important».

Cases of Barrett's oesophagus aren't picked up as often as they should be, and even if the condition is diagnosed and the patient enters a surveillance programme, progression of the disease may be missed.

We focus on squamous tissues, the skin epidermis and the lining of the oesophagus, using transgenic models, novel sequencing approaches, live imaging and single cell analysis to uncover key steps in cancer development, with aim of developing rational interventions to decrease cancer risk.

For example, one such agent is the ultraviolet light in sunshine on skin cells, while tobacco - derived chemicals cause mutations in the oesophagus of smokers.

Following the success of trials showing that the Cytosponge was as good a diagnostic tool as endoscopy, and far more pleasant for patients, Rebecca's team has received funding for a 4,000 - patient clinical trial to pave the way for the Cytosponge to become the first - line assessment for Barrett's oesophagus.

But in the course of his work, detailed phenotypic characterisation of biopsy samples led him to an unexpected conclusion: «The traditional view is that Barrett's glands develop from the normal lining of the oesophagus, but actually, they look really similar to pre-cancerous changes seen in the stomach lining,» Stuart says.

Crustaceans do not chew their food in the way vertebrates do - instead they tear and swallow large coarse pieces of food which are moved along the oesophagus to the stomach - like cardiac chamber, where calcified teeth - like projections - known as the gastric mill - crush, cut and grind the food.

With survival rates that haven't changed significantly for decades, cancers of the brain, lung, oesophagus and pancreas are notoriously difficult to treat and remain diseases of substantial unmet need.