Sentences with phrase «when abnormal cells»

Cervical cancer occurs when abnormal cells on the cervix grow out of control.

The concentrated antioxidants found in this amazing red fruit can actually promote and support proper cellular behavior when abnormal cells begin to wreak havoc in the body, especially for men.

A tumor is cancerous (or malignant) when these abnormal cells invade other parts of the breast or when they spread (or metastasize) to other areas of the body through the bloodstream or lymphatic system, a network of vessels and nodes in the body that plays a role in fighting infection.

Colon and rectal cancers (CRC) occur when abnormal cells form tumors in the tissues of those body parts.

This type of cancer begins when abnormal cells in the breast ducts divide and multiply quickly.

Colorectal cancer occurs when abnormal cells combine to form polyps, which can later become cancerous.

Not exact matches

The cancerous cells win out over the healthy blood cells in the bone marrow, which in turn leads to kidney problems when the cancer cells make abnormal proteins instead of antibodies.

It occurs when something goes wrong during the fertilisation process, and is caused by an abnormal cell growth of all or part of the placenta.

When these pattern - forming genes are mutated, embryonic cells have an abnormal pattern to follow.

«When a myocilin propellor misfolds, it unravels and forms amyloid fibrils (stringy abnormal proteins) that kill cells that maintain the trabecular network,» Lieberman said.

Also limiting the use of therapeutic stem cells to date, self - renewal, a quality so vital to a fast - growing fetus, can also be a source of cancer risk when haphazard, unlimited cell multiplication results in the abnormal tissue growth seen in tumors.

Healthy plasma cells produce antibodies that fight infection in the body, but myeloma cells produce high levels of abnormal antibodies that, when the cancer cells accumulate, they crowd out production of other important blood cells, both red and white.

When present in tumors, both abnormal myc and abnormal mTOR are known to be able to rev up protein production and to foster cell growth.

«The findings provide new insight into how cells faithfully transmit this organizational information as embryos develop, and into what goes wrong when cellular development goes awry, thereby giving rise to abnormal cell development and diseases such as cancer,» says senior study investigator Danny Reinberg, PhD, professor of biochemistry and molecular pharmacology at NYU Langone and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator.

They found that normal cells grow faster when in an organoid with cells expressing RasG12V at low levels, but required more than one mutant cell to kick - start this abnormal growth.

A form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, follicular lymphoma develops when the body starts making abnormal B - cells, which are white blood cells that in normal conditions fight infections.

Vitiligo occurs when the body is triggered to look at melanocytes, cells which give color to the skin, as foreign or abnormal.

This happens when an abnormal egg cell in the ovary develops with a full, rather than the normal half, complement of genes, all of them maternal.

The images, when read, are designed to detect cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), which is the potentially precancerous change and abnormal growth of squamous cells on the surface of the cervix.

Antibody dependant cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC)- When antibodies coat an HIV - infected cell identifying it as something abnormal that needs to be killed.

This disease occurs when abnormal immune cells known as histiocytes grow and divide nonstop, often killing healthy cells nearby.

Abnormal proteins found in Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's disease all share a similar ability to cause damage when they invade brain cells

An abnormal mass of tissue that results when cells divide more than they should or do not die when they should.

One common cause of false positives are so - called «high - risk» lesions that appear suspicious on mammograms and have abnormal cells when tested by needle biopsy.

In embryos where the mix of normal and abnormal cells was half and half, the researchers observed that the abnormal cells within the embryo were killed off by «apoptosis», or programmed - cell death, even when placental cells retained abnormalities.

Research efforts led by Dr. Elizabeth Lawlor are studying how Ewing sarcoma cancer cells are able to survive when deprived of oxygen, and whether suppression of specific proteins can address this abnormal cell survival and lead to better outcomes for patients.

«When genetically abnormal embryos would otherwise be discarded, families may donate them to research toward cures for diseases affecting their loved ones,» says stem cell scientist Gary Smith, Ph.D., who directs the lab.

When grown in a collagen gel, Madin - Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells form into cysts, and the orientation of proteins, called polarity, are abnormal following Tuba knockdown.

Understanding the conditions that cause these cells to go off to different fates may have a bearing on health problems such as ectopic pregnancy, which occurs when the embryo develops outside of the womb in about 1 of 60 pregnancies, or molar pregnancy, which is abnormal tissue growth within the uterus that affects about 1 in every 1,000 pregnancies.

When mutated, or not working properly, cells with abnormal tumor suppressor genes are more likely to grow out of control and lead to the development of cancer.

One model, the «specification model», postulates that Toddler's primary role is to promote the specification of endoderm, which when defective leads to abnormal migration of mesendodermal cells (Chng et al., 2013).

She did have precancerous cells removed from her cervix, but when the hospital urged her to come back for follow - up care due to another abnormal Pap, she ignored it.

When WBC counts are abnormal, it is entirely common to have single cell lines also be abnormal, but a low lymphocyte is pretty non-specific in this case.

When the body is overloaded with toxic chemical, physical and mental / emotional stressors it suppresses the immune system and these abnormal cells develop unregulated and form into either slow or fast growing tumors.

Unfortunately, when the toxic load becomes too great (from poor diet, stress, trauma, pollution, aging, infections, radiation, etc.) your glutathione becomes depleted, leaving you vulnerable to cell damage from free radicals, infection, and abnormal cell growth.

It is usually related to autoimmune activity and / or excess hydrogen peroxide burning the thyroid leading to abnormal / mutated cells — like a callus on your hand when you are rough with your hands.

It also aids in the regression of abnormal cells when added to the diet.

When white blood cells multiply in an abnormal and uncontrolled way, these immature cells take over, literally crowding the bone marrow thereby preventing it from producing healthy blood cells and causing a shortage of red blood cells.

When mast cells become abnormal, they often form mast cell tumors.

It is still included in your pet's bloodwork results; but when the reading is abnormal, it tells your veterinarian very little, other than that your pets hemoglobin level and red blood cell count were abnormal — something he already knew.

(ref) Since one is never certain that all cancerous cells were removed, post surgery radiation therapy is often given even when it appears that all the abnormal cells were removed.

When that screening also came back showing severe cervical dysplasia — meaning the cells on her cervix were undergoing abnormal changes — her doctors sent her to another health center for more testing.