Sentences with phrase «of new blood vessels»

Unfortunately, the retina is such a complex and highly ordered tissue that the in - growth of these new blood vessels causes more visual loss than the original degenerative process.

«We saw the formation of new blood vessels in tumors reduced by 70 percent,» she says.

These proteins increase stem cell production to launch connective tissue healing, bone regeneration and repair, promoting development of new blood vessels and stimulating the wound healing process.

This is the production of new blood vessels from previous vessels.

Alternatively, they may have stimulated the formation of new blood vessels into the damaged areas.

Also, the ultraviolet light can cause thousands of new blood vessels or spider veins in these areas.

In mice, exercise generally stimulates growth of new blood vessels and boosts muscle mass.

This treatment inhibits the formation of new blood vessels that can help a tumor grow.

Some of their models involve 10 species of tumor cells and include elements like cell connective tissue, nutrients and factors related to the development of new blood vessels.

Recent studies have shown that curcumin can reduce growth of new blood vessels in tumors and metastasis and basically help kill off cancerous cells.

During the creation of new blood vessels, the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) protein differentiates stem cells into vascular endothelial cells and stimulates them to create new blood vessels.

Suspecting that a difference in expression of the VEGF gene might account for the varying ability of the heart to build its own bypass vessels, Andrew Levy and his colleagues at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel, used angiography pictures to rank 51 heart disease patients into three groups, based on the number of new blood vessels their arteries had grown in response to a clog.

These special healing cells also hold as their primary mechanism the growth of new blood vessels which restores the flow of oxygen - rich blood to the brain for a wide spectrum of healing benefits.

The hope is that one day scientists will be able to help promote the generation of new blood vessels in people, using nanoneedles, to provide transplanted organs or future artificial organ implants with the necessary connections to the rest of the body, so that they can function properly with a minimal chance of being rejected.

Vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF - A) is a protein associated with promotion of new blood vessel formation.

«Development of new blood vessels not essential to growth of lymph node metastases: Findings may help explain why angiogenesis inhibitors are not effective against node metastases, indicate need for other therapies.»

The ingrowth of new blood vessels into the implant takes time and until then, the cells are out of fuel since oxygen and nutrient supply is insufficient.

Avastin works by slowing the growth of new blood vessels needed by cancer tumours to grow.

The researchers said that the association between the fine particulate matter and cancer could be the result of damage to the body's DNA - repair function, changes in the immune response or inflammation that triggers the growth of new blood vessels fueling the spread of tumors.

In delivering adult stem cell therapy for angina, one of the fundamental treatment mechanisms is the encouragement of new blood vessel growth (also called angiogenesis).

Okyanos treatment targets the damaged heart tissue and stimulates the growth of new blood vessels through the process of angiogenesis using adult adipose -(fat) derived regenerative cells.

The growth of new blood vessels tends to occur quite early for most cancers; even small tumors found via mammogram frequently have a high microvessel count (MVC).

In retinal diseases including age - related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic retinopathy, the growth of new blood vessels damages the retina and causes blindness.

One barrier to progress in tissue engineering results from the inability of thick tissue such as muscle, once implanted in a patient, to receive sufficient penetration of new blood vessels from the body's own network to keep the tissue alive.

With your boob aglow, you're supposed to be able to spot clusters of new blood vessels (called angiogenesis) which can, in some cases, be a sign of possible cancer.

When breast tumour cells develop in reaction to MPA, they promote the formation of new blood vessels inside tumours, which then supply necessary nutrients for the growth and multiplication of tumours.

Can a plant diet also inhibit the formation of new blood vessels for non cancer cells or does it just affect cancer growth?

Those ulcers generally heal without the help of new blood vessels.

VEGF is a protein growth factor that promotes the growth and survival of new blood vessels.

«If we could prevent development of the new blood vessels in the cancer tissue driven by these signals, tumor growth and metastasis can be slowed down or prevented.»

Another found gene is linked to angiogenesis, the production of new blood vessels to support a tumor.

They are driven by stem cells with the proneural pattern of gene expression and depend on rapid cell division and angiogenesis — creation of new blood vessels.

One of the hallmarks of rheumatoid arthritis is the development of new blood vessels, or angiogenesis, in the joints.

It could also prevent the growth of new blood vessels which can grow underneath the macula, leaking blood and resulting in vision loss in the more serious phases of the disease.

Trebananib (formally known as AMG 386; Amgen) is a first - in - class peptide - Fc fusion protein (or peptibody) that targets angiogenesis (the growth of new blood vessels into cancerous tumors) by inhibiting the binding of both angiopoietin 1 and 2 to the Tie2 receptor.

One feature of NIV is the excessive formation of new blood vessels in the retina, which can lead to a blinding hemorrhage.

Therapeutic benefits of HBOT include a greatly increased oxygen concentration in all body tissues (even with reduced blood flow), improved healing time of stubborn wounds, stimulated growth of new blood vessels in areas of reduced circulation.

The mechanism of action of the experimental drugs nintedanib (Boehringer Ingelheim) and dovitinib (Novartis) precisely consists on blocking the formation of new blood vessels, so - called angiogenesis, which can lead to retardation in tumour growth rates and limit its viability.

Recent theories suggest that a possible solution to cancer might be to «suffocate the tumour» by blocking the formation of new blood vessels that surround it.

Instead of turning into neurons and forming synapses — the junctures where signals pass from one nerve cell to another — the modified stem cells seemed to control swelling and stimulate nerve growth and the formation of new blood vessels, Steinberg says.

HIF - 1 senses reduced oxygen levels and triggers many changes in cellular function, including a changed metabolism and sending signals for the formation of new blood vessels.

«In addition to protecting the islets, our engineered material promotes the formation of new blood vessels to nourish the cells.»

This happens because the loss of blood flow in a vessel causes the local oxygen level to drop, which stimulates local production of vascular endothelial growth factor, or VEGF, a protein which in most tissues causes the growth of new blood vessels to repair damage.

Last spring the team reported that their fibers induced the formation of new blood vessels in both cell cultures and living animals.

Researchers found less evidence for the formation of new blood vessels and fewer protein markers that signal neuroplasticity, or the brain's ability to make new connections between neurons.

The team found 12, including ANG1, which controls the growth of new blood vessels.

At the institute, gene discovery is the province of Julia Ljubimova, a molecular biologist who has isolated laminum - 8, a gene she believes is responsible for the rapid growth of new blood vessels in the most invasive cancers.

After seven days there was a six-fold increase in the formation of new blood vessels in the mouse back muscles, and blood vessels continued to form over a 14 day period.

«TRINOVA - 1 also showed that angiogenesis is a complex process in oncology and many new targets like angiopoietin 1/2 will allow us to more effectively inhibit the growth of new blood vessels that are necessary for cancer growth, metastases and progression.