Sentences with phrase «tiny pieces of tissue»

But he and his colleagues were looking for new ways to manipulate and assemble tiny pieces of tissue using magnets — a much harder feat, he says, because for an object smaller than about 20 microns, «the magnetic force scales so much down that it couldn't lift its own gravitational weight.»

During the biopsy, the doctor removes a tiny piece of tissue from the small intestine to check for damage to the villi.

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Or, in patients who've had part of the small intestine removed, tiny pieces of gut organoid tissue could be implanted and, after growing larger, connected to the intestine.

Archaeologists can now detect ancient maize even when cobs and kernels have long rotted away, via tiny plant fragments called phytoliths, minute pieces of silica that build up in plant tissues.

During a skin biopsy, the doctor will remove tiny pieces of skin tissue for examination with a microscope.