Sentence examples for necrosis from inspiring English sources

CytImmune Sciences of Rockville, Maryland, has just begun a study of the efficacy of Aurimune, a solid-gold nanoparticle that carries a dose of tumour necrosis factor (TNF), a substance that has a natural tendency to stick to gold.It is also a substance hitherto regarded as too toxic for people to tolerate.

It has also improved the lot of those afflicted with multiple myeloma, another cancer, and a variety of autoimmune disorders including lupus.Thalidomide works, in part, by blocking the production of tumour necrosis factor-alpha, a biochemical which promotes inflammation in the body.

See also infarction; necrosis.

Many elm species are susceptible to Dutch elm disease (a fungoid disease) and to elm phloem necrosis.

Among the environmental perturbations that may cause cell necrosis are oxygen deprivation (anoxia), hyperthermia, immunological attack, and exposure to various toxins that inhibit crucial intracellular metabolic processes.

Infliximab is an antibody that binds to the cytokine tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFα), which prevents TNFα from binding to its receptor.

White phosphorus attacks the skin and, when ingested, causes a necrosis of the jawbone, called "phossy jaw".

Other biological response modifiers that have been developed include interferon, tumour necrosis factor, and various interleukins.

Tumour necrosis factor (TNF), also called cachectin, a naturally occurring protein that is produced in the human body by the phagocytic cells known as macrophages.

Because symptoms are easily confused with other diseases, especially elm phloem necrosis and diebacks, positive diagnosis is only possible through laboratory culturing.

The basic mechanism of necrosis is thought to be a loss of control over cell volume, related to changes in the permeability of the cell membrane.