Sentences with phrase «replace damaged cells if»

Those cells hold an original and intact DNA copy which can be used to replace damaged cells if necessary.

Not exact matches

Now, with new kinds of technologies that are coming up, new types of tissue engineering and, you know, some of the hopes that people have for stem cells and [the] like, it may be interesting to see if there are other ways, alternatives to dealing with really badly damaged hearts that would involve growing a new heart or replacing or repairing the damage d to a badly damaged heart that might make artificial hearts less important in the somewhat more distant future.

Because our cells are made up of mostly water, if we dehydrated them to the point of having no fluid, they would be damaged by so - called solution effects, which result from the cell being too concentrated and not having its water replaced by some other compound.

It's a self - renewing tissue, meaning that if we hurt ourselves for example by scraping or cutting our skin, new skin cells will replace the old damaged ones and our wound will heal.

That might actually be true if the dentist's drill is replaced by a low - powered laser that can prompt stem cells to make damaged hard tissue in teeth regrow.

Avoiding the pluripotent state is important because it avoids the potential danger that «rogue» iPS cells could develop into a tumor if used to replace or repair damaged organs or tissue.

This is especially dangerous because red blood cells can uptake carbon monoxide faster than oxygen so if there is a lot of carbon monoxide in the air, it can replace oxygen in cells, leading to injury, tissue damage and eventually death.

If it is damaged, the nerve cells do not regenerate but are replaced with fibrous or scar tissue.