Sentences with phrase «tissue damage in the body»

Polyphenols are chemicals that protect cells and body chemicals against damage caused by free radicals, which are reactive atoms that contribute to tissue damage in the body.

Not exact matches

Beyond that the adrenal gland responsible for secreting the stress response hormone becomes fatigued, resulting in decreased immunity to infection, reduced ability to repair the body and increased inflammation and tissue damage.

Antioxidants are naturally found in most plant - foods, and help counter the inflammatory effects of free radicals — molecules that can damage the skin, and other body tissue.

Mogrosides in monk fruit extract may be able to protect tissues in the body from the damage of free radicals, a major source of inflammation (1).

that it cools your body down to such a low temperature that your body goes into defensive mode and releases endorphins which in turn induce analgesia to repair the body / tissue damage / etc faster.....

Beef is a good source of protein needed for the growth of tissues, cells, and organs in the body of the embryo and relevant for the healing and reparation of damaged tissues during childbirth.

«The cornea is the most densely innervated tissue in the body, so corneal nerve assessment is extremely sensitive for detecting small sensory nerve fiber damage as compared to other tests including measurement of intra-epidermal nerve fibers in the skin,» notes lead investigator Joseph L. Mankowski, DVM, PhD, who is Professor of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology, Pathology, and Neurology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD..

In theory, tissue grown in the lab can repair the damage, but this doesn't always integrate well into the bodIn theory, tissue grown in the lab can repair the damage, but this doesn't always integrate well into the bodin the lab can repair the damage, but this doesn't always integrate well into the body.

Even harder to swallow was the claim that the material could transform, in a matter of months, into whatever type of body tissue had been damaged — muscle, skin, or blood vessel.

She said a self - renewing antioxidant that can stay in place to protect organs would have clear benefits over toxic radioprotectants that must be eliminated from the body before they damage good tissue.

In autoimmune diseases, so - called autoantibodies instead recognize normal components of the human body and contribute to tissue damage.

In future, Radisic envisions her lab - grown tissues being implanted into the body to repair organs damaged by disease.

The gradual shrinking of telomeres negatively affects the replicative capacity of human adult stem cells, the cells that restore damaged tissues and / or replenish aging organs in our bodies.

This promises to make proton therapy an option for thousands more cancer patients by reducing the risks of healthy tissue being damaged during treatment, particularly in vulnerable parts of the body such as the brain, eye and spinal cord.

Dying cells in a tumor (upper left) or damaged tissue release DNA fragments that course through blood and that contain markers that point to their origin in the body.

But in the future, the scaffold could be inserted into the body to repair damaged tissue.

The first big advance occurred in the early 1990s, when epidemiological studies revealed that 90 to 95 percent of individuals with the disorder carry a genetic marker associated with autoimmune disease — self - inflicted damage that occurs when the body mistakes its own tissues for a foreign invader and attacks them.

MDI Biological Laboratory Associate Professor James A. Coffman, Ph.D., is studying the regenerative capacity of sea urchins in hopes that a deeper understanding of the process of regeneration, which governs the regeneration of aging tissues as well as lost or damaged body parts, will lead to a deeper understanding of the aging process in humans, with whom sea urchins share a close genetic relationship.

When tissue in the body is damaged, biological programs are activated to aid in tissue regeneration.

The sperm then traveled farther throughout the worm's body, resulting in tissue damage and death.

Radio attenuates very quickly with distance in tissue, so communicating with devices deep in the body would be difficult without using potentially damaging high - intensity radiation.

These leaky toxins trigger a massive inflammatory response in the body, so massive that the attempt to fight off the toxins damages the body's own tissues and organs.

Shape is thought to play an important role in the effectiveness of cells grown to repair or replace damaged tissue in the body.

His team has long been trying to understand how electric currents in the body's cells affect health and the ability to regenerate damaged tissues — what Levin calls the «bioelectric code».

They are known to «home» to signals of inflammation in damaged tissue and organs to do their job repairing normal wear and tear on the body.

Phil Newmark, a developmental biologist studying the mysteries of how the body regenerates damaged tissue, will join the Morgridge Institute for Research and the University of Wisconsin - Madison Department of Zoology where he will hold the Burnell R. Roberts Chair in Regenerative Biology beginning in fall 2016.

That, in turn, generates free radicals — unstable molecules that can damage DNA, creating additional mutations that allow the tumor to become more invasive, infiltrating tissues and migrating to other parts of the body.

One of the most serious classifications of this disease is known as diffuse scleroderma wherein the «sclerosis» (hardening of the tissue) occurs in the internal systems of the body, causing damage and widespread scarring to the skin as well as to various internal organs such as the lungs, kidneys, heart and gastrointestinal organs.

Your fat tissue contains the most abundant source of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in your body — a class of repair cells which have the ability to decrease inflammation, repair or replace damaged tissue while stimulating new blood vessel growth for improved blood flow.

Although your adult stem cells have the capacity to repair or replace damaged tissue, the powerful cells which reside in your body fat (or adipose tissue) have a few other important functions which make them uniquely qualified for the job of treating chronic disease:

Re-introducing your own stem cells into an injured area of the body — be it a joint, damaged heart or other tissue — can stimulate new blood flow in these areas while reducing inflammation.

Benoit's lab, in the meantime, has been developing polymer nanoparticles as vehicles for delivering chemotherapeutic drugs to specific parts of the body where a disease occurs, in order to minimize damage to healthy tissues.

This paradigm of harnessing cells in nearby areas of damage to replenish lost tissue is not just applicable to the heart; it may be useful in many other organs in the body that have support cells like fibroblasts.

A new paradigm of medicine that relies on stem cells capacity to regenerate, regrow, and fully heal damaged tissues and organs in our bodies

... In recent years, researchers have grappled with the challenge of administering therapeutics in a way that boosts their effectiveness by targeting specific cells in the body while minimizing their potential damage to healthy tissuIn recent years, researchers have grappled with the challenge of administering therapeutics in a way that boosts their effectiveness by targeting specific cells in the body while minimizing their potential damage to healthy tissuin a way that boosts their effectiveness by targeting specific cells in the body while minimizing their potential damage to healthy tissuin the body while minimizing their potential damage to healthy tissue.

In patients with SLE, the immune system forms autoantibodies that attack the body's own cells, causing inflammation and tissue damage.

Most of us don't think too much about cartilage (soft, flexible connective tissue found in the body) unless it's damaged in which case it's importance becomes immediately apparent.

In the future, the researchers are looking at using the new material to create new organs and replace damaged ones, as well as fabricate other body tissues.

Embryonic stem cells — «pluripotent» cells that can develop into any type of cell in the human body — hold tremendous promise for regenerative medicine, in which damaged organs and tissues can be replaced or repaired.

This novel approach utilizes adult stem and regenerative cells from your body fat which aim to repair the damaged tissue in your lungs while reducing inflammation and restoring the flow of oxygen - rich blood to these vital organs.

Utilizing the powerful stem and regenerative cells which already exist in your body fat, stem cell therapy for rheumatoid arthritis addresses the pain and inflammation associated with RA while encouraging the repair of damaged joints and tissue, to help you get back to a more normal life.

Tremendous progress has been made in the field of regenerative medicine, in which damaged cells in the body are converted directly into healthy tissue.

The last but not least cool fasting - enhanced process worth mentioning here is cellular autophagy — a physiological process in the body that deals with destruction of damaged cells and stimulating new cell formation, which is really important for flushing out damaged organelles, pathogens, non-functional proteins and toxins, supporting tissue regeneration and preserving lean mass.

It then makes a mistake and damages tissues at distant locations in the body, such as the thyroid.

If your muscle cells don't have enough water in them, protein synthesis can be delayed and your body will need more time to repair damaged muscle tissue or it might even jumpstart catabolism.

According to Ryan Andrews of Precision Nutrition, «most high - intensity physical activity is a state of «crisis» in the body: it endangers oxygen supply to tissues, increases body temperature, reduces body fluids and fuel stores, and causes tissue damage.»

Vitamin E acts as an antioxidant, meaning it protects tissues against the damaging effects of chemicals called free radicals which are produced in the body as a normal part of metabolism.

When you feel these symptoms, it means that your body no longer has any reserve in the muscles you're trying to work on and there has been some minor damage to the tissue.

What causes symptoms is the build up of damage to cells, tissues and / or organs in the body — damage caused by your own immune system attacking those cells.

Since this is the fuel that supports your body in building healthy tissues and cells, as well as repairing the damaged fibers, not getting enough of it will leave your body incapable of building muscle, as well as increasing your risk of muscle loss.