Sentences with phrase «small organs in your body»

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The smart gel could provide structural rigidity in organs such as the lungs, and can contain small molecules like water or drugs to be transported in the body and released.

A potential therapy for Parkinson's disease may lie in an unusual location: the carotid body, a small organ in the neck.

The goal of minimally invasive surgery is to perform operations through very small incisions a mere fraction of the size of the incisions used in traditional surgery with equal or superior clinical outcomes and less impact on a child's body and organs.

Professor Julian Chaudhuri, a researcher in tissue engineering at Bath University, said that the inability to create working small blood vessels in the laboratory was one of the major obstacles to efforts to create replacement organs outside the body.

Scientists are using pluripotent stem cells — the master cells that make any cell in the body — to create small buds of brain, thymus, liver, intestine, eye or kidney tissue that replicate some of the functions we find in these organs.

So you know, in your body you organs, and inside the organs there are small numbers of stem cells that have the ability to remake the organs.

In both mice and people, T cells are «trained» by specialized cells in the thymus, a small organ in front of the heart, to recognize the body's own cells and refrain from attacking theIn both mice and people, T cells are «trained» by specialized cells in the thymus, a small organ in front of the heart, to recognize the body's own cells and refrain from attacking thein the thymus, a small organ in front of the heart, to recognize the body's own cells and refrain from attacking thein front of the heart, to recognize the body's own cells and refrain from attacking them.

Your liver is the biggest organ in your body and is approximately the size of a small football.

Gallstones are hard particles that develop in the gallbladder — a small organ that stores the bile fluids that help the body digest fat and fat - soluble vitamins.

Another powerful study published in 2003 Environmental Health Perspectives evaluated the levels of pesticide metabolites in the urine of two groups of children and found that children eating organic fruits and vegetables, consuming organic milk and drinking organic juices had levels of pesticide metabolites six to nine times lower than children eating conventionally grown food.17 Bear in mind, pesticides are up to ten times more toxic to children than adults, due to their smaller body size and developing organ systems, so it is especially important to minimize their exposure whenever possible during the growing years.18

Your thyroid is the small, butterfly - shaped gland, located in the neck, that produces hormones that deliver oxygen and energy to your cells, tissues, organs, and glands throughout the body.

Bile is important for the body as it helps digest fats in the small intestine.1, 2 But, just like other organs, the gallbladder is also prone to diseases, with gallstones being a major example.

«The small intestine is the largest organ in your body and two - thirds of your immune system lies within its walls.

Eating turmeric in a small quantity or taking it in a dietary supplement is believed to support healthier - looking skin, including for people with eczema, psoriasis, and acne.56) The curcuminoid pigments in turmeric support genes that enhance the body's synthesis of antioxidants, protecting the skin and other organs from oxidative damage due to free radicals from environmental toxins or chronic stress.

A small butterfly - shaped gland located at the front our neck, the thyroid regulates the metabolism of every organ and cell in our body.

Although she has broken nearly every bone and ruptured every organ in her body, the aliens heal her (There are also «Healers;» despite their vast knowledge of the universe, these aliens aren't very imaginative in the creation of titles), make a small cut in her neck, and open a metallic egg to reveal the creature that will occupy her body — a small being that fits in the palm of one's hand and radiates a pure, snowy white light.

Large and small animal nuclear medicine is available and is a subspecialty of radiology in which radioisotopes (compounds containing radioactive forms of atoms) are put into the body to evaluate organ function or localize bone disease such as stress fractures or tumor metastasis.