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alveolus

[al-vee-uh-luhs] / ælˈvi ə ləs /
NOUN
lung
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Following a one-time radiation treatment, the team could observe breaks in the cells' chromosomes with activation of associated DNA repair machinery, whose numbers increased with the amount of radiation applied to the Lung Alveolus Chip.

From Science Daily • Oct. 17, 2023

When the Lung Alveolus Chip was exposed to increasing doses of radiation, the cell, tissue, and organ-level responses modeled on-chip closely aligned with clinical observations and, importantly, offered new insights into RILI.

From Science Daily • Oct. 17, 2023

They also think that the hypersensitivities of patients predisposed by other lung diseases to radiation could be modeled in personalized Lung Alveolus Chips.

From Science Daily • Oct. 17, 2023

Alveolus: a cell, like that of a honeycomb.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.




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