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Malignant tumours develop messier networks, which are characterised by a preponderance of small capillaries.
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Another promising area is in learning to kill the capillaries that feed tumors.
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Both also benefit from extra chilling in the fridge before application, which calms capillaries and protects pores.
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It cannot, however, distinguish between the capillaries in a tumour and those elsewhere.
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Unfortunately our canals are mere trickles and just capillaries in comparison to the major arteries that are operated in mainland Europe.
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After 28 days, the density of small cardiac capillaries in noncastrated and testosterone-treated rats was significantly higher than in castrated rats that received the placebo.
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Instead of slabs of gel, it uses capillaries filled with a liquid polymer, so that continuous flow is possible without the need to change slabs.
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These particles are injected directly into the target tumour, rather than relying on the leaky walls of tumour capillaries to get them to the right place.
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Topping up the supply of healing fluid might be done by mimicking another biological system the network of blood capillaries that supplies living tissues with the stuff they need to thrive.
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Brooklyn, New York ( VBS.TV) -- In the year 2050, if Ray Kurzweil is right, nanoscopic robots will be zooming throughout our capillaries, transforming us into nonbiological humans.
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For regeneration to continue, stem cells from both the bone marrow and the heart itself must be coaxed to grow a second layer of tissue that is necessary for the formation of arteries, which are bigger and thicker than capillaries.
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