Sentences with phrase «of lung structure»

«This treatment has now been studied in our centre using the most sensitive measure of lung structure — a radiologic measurement of lung density — allowing us to detect changes far earlier than can be seen with standard breathing tests,» said Dr. Kenneth Chapman, Director of the Asthma and Airways Centre at Toronto Western Hospital and the Canadian research lead for the multicentre trial.
The main challenge for the team was the enormous complexity of the lung structure that provides the vital function of oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange with the blood.
Published online in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, the study investigated the proteins that are released by a break down of the lung structure in TB patients.

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This is one of the busiest weeks for your baby since the spinal structures begins to form and a lot of lung developments are taking place.
It uses channels modelled on the bronchial structure of the lungs to supply hydrogen and oxygen gas to their respective electrodes.
As well as reducing inflammation in the lung, MSC therapy also resulted in significant improvements in lung structure, suggesting that this form of treatment has the potential to repair the damaged lung.
As it can take weeks to grow human cells into intact differentiated and functional tissues within Organ Chips, such as those that mimic the lung and intestine, and researchers seek to understand how drugs, toxins or other perturbations alter tissue structure and function, the team at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering led by Donald Ingber has been searching for ways to non-invasively monitor the health and maturity of cells cultured within these microfluidic devices over extended times.
«Augmentation therapy not only preserves lung structure, but likely adds years of life,» said Dr. Chapman.
To determine whether endothelial cells — the cells that line the interior surface of blood vessels — directly influence breast cancer cell growth, they then created unique organotypic models of lung and bone marrow microvascular niches, in which endothelial cells formed blood vessel - like structures in culture as they would in the original organ.
Although scientists first mapped the genetic structure of P. aeruginosa 15 years ago, efforts to pinpoint how it behaves during an infection and which genes would need to be turned off to stop its spread have been hampered in part by the difficulty of mimicking the unique conditions of a cystic fibrosis patient's lungs.
Once inside the lungs, the microscopic fungal spore transforms into a spherule (pictured), a podlike structure 10 to 20 times the size of the original spore (30 or 40 microns, or about half the width of a human hair).
When growing on surfaces (including human skin, lung, heart, or bladder) many bacteria form so - called biofilms that consist of structured communities of identical bacteria.
The structure and composition of the erionite from both regions is practically identical, and samples from each place cause mesothelioma - associated changes and inflammation in cell culture and mouse lungs.
«As a result of studying these proteins, we discovered novel structures that turn out to work very well against bacterial infections, including the complicated bacterial populations in lung infections in cystic fibrosis patients.»
Within the ribcage, there are patches of soft tissue that contain tubular structures in a branching pattern, which the team interprets as preserved lung tissue.
Curiously, this genetic change triggered, millions of years later, the connection between two gene regulatory networks (those controlled by ESRP and by Fgfr), which became key for the origin of many vertebrate organs and structures (lungs, forelimbs and inner ear).
In contrast to snap - frozen samples, HOPE fixation preserves the structure of tissues well and for example lung vesicles can be seen more clearly.
«It will be interesting to investigate whether Wnt pathways also interact in this way with FGFs in other regions of the embryo where FGFs are also known to play an organizing role, such as the brain, lungs and other structures,» said Yasuhiko Kawakami, a member of Izpisúa Belmonte's team.
Given the multi-systemic nature of this disease, it is currently difficult for clinicians to accurately monitor and assess the optimal timing of treatment as well as the effect of treatment and its duration.This study is the first time that the imaging technique, FDG PET - CT, has been used to assess the combined lung structure and metabolic activity in a patient with GLILD before and after treatment.
Complete phenotyping of the mouse immune system by polychromatic and mass cytometry (CYTOF), thanks to a set of standardised protocols enabling isolation of viable cells from lymphoid and non-lymphoid organs (lung, skin, intestine,...) for labelling using complex ranges of antibodies whose compatibility allows the simultaneous registration of 50 quantitative parameters at least (size, structure, specific antibodies and cell viability).
Recent attempts on extensive trials of cancer vaccines, using viral structures or substructures against several cancers such as cervices, prostate, lung, pancreatic and skin also failed to produce the overall protective clinical outcomes
In the long term asthma leads to a deterioration of the structure of the lungs.
When functioning normally, your body is structured to take advantage of your full lung capacity.
It also looks at the structure of the Lungs and Testing for anaerobic respiration in invertabrates.
Engage your students as they learn all about the structure and function of the Circulatory System, as they make an interactive foldable heart and lungs that can be coloured and stuck in their books.
This blood recirculates through the lungs and left chambers, resulting in enlargement of these structures.
Our digital X-ray takes fantastic pictures, giving better visualization of the bones, organs, lungs and other soft tissue and fluid structures.
Cancers that move often become trapped in the sieve - like structures of the lungs, liver, bone marrow and kidneys.
This is a relatively rare condition in which the structures of the throat (larynx) become paralyzed allowing food and water to enter the lungs causing pneumonia.
X-rays can be used to take a closer look at the internal systems, like the heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, and intestine as well as the bone structures of our pets.
Closest to it is a narrow elongated platform held up by breast - like shapes and vaginal mounds, upon which rests a creature that appears to be all organs, veins and arteries, its structure and coloration evocative of renderings of the human cardiovascular system with lungs, heart, kidneys, and liver and its circulation of oxygen poor and rich blood identified in red and blue.
Historically, the Dusthouse filtered the air of the adjoining industrial structures to protect the lungs of the workers and stop the building from exploding.
In this show, her work comprises three kinds of structures: five large, leather - covered resin sculptures in pale, dusty colors, hanging from the walls like lungs, chunks of brain, or soft prostheses, each titled Chin Up (all works 2015); bony, delicate, polished steel - and - silicone structures set on the floor like remnants of
Screaming «midcentury» from the top of its lungs, this chair boasts structure and style.
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