Sentences with phrase «tissue in a test tube»

Because scientists could use the new stem cells to make any tissue in a test tube, they might have an easier time studying certain diseases and treatments.

Not exact matches

«We know that in a test tube we can get ECM to form muscle, tissue, fat, and bone,» he says.

But fetal tissue is scarce, and research in the past several years suggests that stem cells, which can be mass produced in a test tube, can also replace damaged brain tissue.

The term in vitro, from the Latin meaning in glass, is used, because early biological experiments involving cultivation of tissues outside the living organism from which they came, were carried out in glass containers such as beakers, test tubes, or petri dishes.

As a result, it strongly bound elastase in the test tube, preventing the enzyme from degrading connective tissue.

Using both the test tube and human data, Kashuba and her team created a mathematical model that predicts the drug - to - DNA ratios in vaginal, cervical and rectal tissues and calculates the amount of drug needed to prevent HIV from infecting human tissues.

The more scientists learn about how cells work in a Petri dish or test tube, the more realistically they can set rules for virtual tissues.

And even if we do, how much do we have to eat to arrive at these test tube concentrations where it counts — in breast tissue itself, where a tumor may be evolving?

But it required a leap of faith that what was happening in the test tube could be extrapolated to what might actually happen in living human tissue.

And even if we do, how much do we have to eat to arrive at the test tube concentrations featured in the studies where it counts — in breast tissue itself?

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