Sentences with phrase «without damage to the tissues»

Distilled water is said to be the greatest solvent on earth; it is the only true water that can be taken into the body without damage to the tissues.

Therapeutic lasers, in contrast, work without any damage to tissue; the treatments are painless and quite enjoyable.

Not exact matches

Large quantities of these reverted cells could be used to treat anything from spinal cord injury to liver damage without the risk of tissue rejection, said Robert Weinberg, a biologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and co-author of a study appearing in Cell.

Scientists for decades have been seeking ways to repair cartilage without resorting to traditional surgery, which typically involves removing damaged cartilage through an incision in the joint while trying to preserve as much of the healthy tissue as possible.

The overall effect is to limit excessive inflammation, restricting damage to healthy tissues without compromising the body's ability to clear the infection.

Pictures like these provide road maps for surgeons, allowing them to use increasingly precise surgical tools to address previously untreatable diseases without damaging surrounding tissue.

But applying this method to humans would require multifunctional implants that could be installed for long periods of time on the spinal cord without causing any tissue damage.

Because the device is five to ten times thinner than the smallest commercially available microendoscopes, it can be pushed deeper into the brain tissue without causing significant damage.

In a bid to progress beyond the shotgun approach to fighting cancer — blasting malignant cells with toxic chemicals or radiation, which kills surrounding healthy cells in the process — researchers at the Harvard - MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST) are using nanotechnology to develop seek - and - destroy models to zero in on and dismantle tumors without damaging nearby normal tissue.

For example, BIC lasers can be readily tuned to emit beams of different wavelengths, a useful feature for medical lasers made to precisely target cancer cells without damaging normal tissue.

Konradt used Penn Vet's multi-photon microscope, which allows them to peer deep into living tissues without damaging them, to try to witness the parasite's invasion in action.

The cell, taken from the embryo between the zygote and blastocyst stages, can be collected without damaging the embryo, and yet it is still versatile enough to give rise to whole classes of tissue types.

This allows the user to simply tune to a required stain, for as many different stains as are necessary — all without damaging the original tissue sample, which can then be used for other tests.

Researchers can attach sensors to the organ models to give surgeons real - time feedback on how much force they can use during surgery without damaging the tissue.

This means Tsen does not have to focus the laser beam as tightly and can kill more virus particles in less time without damaging the healthy cells around the damaged tissue.

Since the honeycomb is flexible and stretches like heart tissue, the patch should be able to be integrated without causing additional damage.

Raydiance's technology has attracted the attention of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which in July 2007 signed the company to a two - year cooperative research and development agreement that has allowed the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) to evaluate the use, safety and effectiveness of Raydiance's USP laser system in a number of areas, including the ablation of corneal tissues in refractive surgery and corneal repair; the administration of light therapy for treating cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes; and the removal of plaque on teeth without damaging the enamel.

They took short pieces of RNA which are able to turn off the function of specific genes, attached them to highly concentrated viruses, and then, using ultrasound to guide the needle without damaging surrounding tissue, they injected the viruses into the sacs of mouse embryos.

Visikol, Inc., is developing multiple bio ‐ imaging technology platforms based upon its patent pending Visikol ® technology, a chemical formula that penetrates tissue and renders it transparent without causing structural damage, allowing researchers to effectively visualize biological tissues in 3 ‐ D.

«Compared to conventional neural probes, the much - reduced dimensions of our NET - e probes allow us to implant the devices at previously unattainable high densities without damage to brain tissue,» Wei tells nanotechweb.org.

Proton beam therapy is state - of - the - art technology that very precisely zeroes in on tumors and increases the damage to cancer cells without harming normal tissue.

These penetrate tissue and heat up when excited by radio - frequency waves; and they have been shown to thaw arteries and heart valve tissue from pigs, as well as human skin cells, rapidly and evenly, without the typical damage.

Together with Rangaswamy Srinivasan and Samuel E. Blum, for their discovery of pulsed ultraviolet laser surgery, wherein laser light cuts and etches biological tissue by photoablation with minimal collateral damage, leading to healing without significant scarring.

These syndromes include conditions in which autoimmunity is clearly implicated as causal, in light of identification of autoantibodies to relevant autoantigens; diseases suspected to be autoimmune because of the presence of autoantibodies, although the autoreactive response has not been proven to be pathogenic and could be a consequence or marker of tissue damage; and other diseases often considered to be «autoimmune,» such as psoriasis or inflammatory bowel disease, characterized by organ - targeted inflammation but without evidence of a stimulating autoantigen.

The new camera is designed to help surgeons remove all the cancerous cells without damaging healthy tissue, making it less likely that the cancer will spread and reducing the need for multiple surgeries.

Together with Rangaswamy Srinivasan and James J. Wynne, for their discovery of pulsed ultraviolet laser surgery, wherein laser light cuts and etches biological tissue by photoablation with minimal collateral damage, leading to healing without significant scarring.

Doctors can remove or repair damaged tissue without having to cut the knee open.

«Even without nicotine, inhaled products that contain flavorings can be damaging to the lung tissue and would not be considered safe for adolescents or adults,» she said.

Without a properly functioning lymphatic system to remove these fluids from the tissues, tissue damage and swelling would occur and eventually could even be fatal.

Without sleep your body can not repair day to day damage, which begins to show as the bags under your eyes grow and your skin tissue fades.

Without proper detoxification, these toxins can clog your system and cause damage to surrounding tissue, organs, and cells.

Foam rolling is thought to enhance soft - tissue pliability, which allows increased joint ROM (5) and potentially without causing any damage to the crossbridges and sarcomeres of the muscle and subsequently not impacting muscle force production.

One of the most common lasers used in veterinary medicine is the Class IV laser, which uses a beam of laser light to penetrate tissue deeply without damaging it.

If it is possible to separate the tumor from other tissues without damaging any major blood vessels or other vital parts, surgery is the best treatment.

Crown height reduction can often be curative in the beginning stages of dental disease when accompanied by diet correction and other preventive measures.1 — 3 However, in cases of moderate to severe dental disease, crown height reduction procedures will need to be performed repeatedly.1 - 3 Overgrown incisors or cheek teeth should be trimmed using a dental bur or trimming forceps (FIGURE 6A) designed specifically for crown reduction.1 - 3 Nail trimmers, rongeurs, and other manual cutting tools should never be used to perform crown height reduction.2, 3 Root damage, tooth fractures or splinters, and abnormal regrowth are likely to occur when using improper equipment.2, 3 Crown reduction performed without sedation or anesthesia is difficult and often done blindly, resulting in missed sharp points or spurs and injury to the gums, cheeks, or tongue.1 - 3 Rabbits with moderate to severe dental disease should be anesthetized, allowing crown reduction and reshaping to be performed with a low - speed dental bur while protecting soft tissues with bur guards and dental spatulas.1 — 3 (FIGURE 6B)

It uses a beam of laser light to deeply penetrate tissue without damaging it.

The radiation destroys the defective thyroid tissue without damaging anything else, and most cats return to normal hormone levels within just two weeks of treatment.

The therapy uses a laser light to penetrate tissue without damaging it to cause a biological response in the cells.

«We could develop new endoscopes that are soft and able to grow inside living human tissues without damage.

Studies have shown that traumatic brain lesions (i.e. damaged brain tissue) can occur in whiplash injuries, but typically will not occur without a high magnitude of acceleration - deceleration and are unlikely to occur without a significant loss of consciousness.

Damage to muscles, tendons and ligaments the so called «soft tissue» can lead to the most difficult personal injury cases to settle without a lawyer.