For dogs with lymphoma, a small surgical incision is made over one of the lymph nodes affected by the cancer and a small wedge -
shaped piece of tissue is removed from the affected lymph node.
Not exact matches
«It's a stellar
piece of work — the fact they were able to achieve the precise
shape they need is impressive,» says Charles Vacanti, director
of the Laboratory for
Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, who did not take part in this research.
Searching for answers, Shatz decided to focus on the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN), a clump
of tissue shaped like a
piece of elbow macaroni, set behind each eyeball, that serves as a relay station shunting visual signals to the ocular dominance columns.
«This is a lovely
piece of tissue engineering which has produced bone with a high degree
of accuracy in terms
of shape.»
The TEG has a T -
shaped piece of cartilage in it, and is hidden out
of sight and anchored to the
tissues of the eye socket by ligaments.