It keeps them healthy and helps them grow better. Public health groups have opposed the practice because bacteria continually exposed to antibiotics will eventually develop resistance to them.

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If a tumor starts to grow and it doesn't develop a vascular supply it doesn't develop blood vessels in it, then it can't get bigger than a certain size and there's lots of evidence from many cancers showing that this is true.

如果肿瘤生长时,没有形成新的血管以维持供血,肿瘤内部也没有血管的话,它的大小将非常有限,这一结论已有许多科学成果可以证明

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If a tumor starts to grow and it doesn't develop a vascular supply it doesn't develop blood vessels in it, then it can't get bigger than a certain size and there's lots of evidence from many cancers showing that this is true.

如果肿瘤生长时,没有形成新的血管以维持供血,肿瘤内部也没有血管的话,它的大小将非常有限,这一结论已有许多科学成果可以证明

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选