Sentences with phrase «progressive damage to the cells»

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A particular type of macrophage known as microglia are found throughout the brain and spinal cord — in progressive forms of MS, they attack the CNS, causing chronic inflammation and damage to nerve cells.

The cause of β cell damage in T2D is currently unknown, but compelling evidence implicates the formation and accumulation of IAPP misfolded aggregates in the pancreas (Hull et al., 2004; Haataja et al., 2008; Jurgens et al., 2011; Mukherjee et al., 2015), in a manner similar to the way protein aggregates have been shown to be causative agents in a variety of chronic and progressive PMDs (Soto, 2003).

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have defined for the first time a key underlying process implicated in multiple sclerosis (MS)-- a disease that causes progressive and irreversible damage to nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord.

As a result, the mice failed to show the type of progressive nerve cell damage seen in MS.

Alzheimer's disease is characterized by progressive damage to nerve cells and their connections.

As we age, rogue cells, both human and foreign, can proliferate throughout the body unchecked and this damaged tissue can contribute to progressive disease.

This creates an accumulation of inflammatory cells locally and the chronic inflammation destroys the myelin sheath, leading to progressive nerve tissue damage.

It contains 12 anti-oxidants that have been proven to be helpful in preserving and maintaining vision in dogs and can be helpful for protecting eye cells from oxidative damage, which causes Progressive Retinal Atrophy (PRA), old age retinal degeneration, diabetes, cataracts, glaucoma, and dry eyes.