Many of the obvious first markets for Ion Torrent machines cannibalize its older capillary sequencing machines.

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What it leaves behind is the circuit, attached to the tissue by capillary forces and supported by it.

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The condition also produces severe abdominal cramping and acute inflammation of the pancreas (pancreatitis) caused by clumps of fats particles blocking capillary flow.

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However, fresh capillary formation isn't enough to help a failing heart.

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Make your nanoshells the right size, then, and they can pass through the capillary pores and lodge in a tumour, but not in a normal organ.

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In the lab, Gracias' researchers grabbed dozens of live animal cells from a clump at the end of a tube the width of a capillary, without killing the cells.

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That conference (its full title is Capillary Based Microfluidics for Bioanalysis), which focuses on low cost diagnostics and medical devices is in Boston, US. The annual Boring event was originally set up as a joke in 2010.

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Research in massage therapy, for example, is in its infancy, and little is known about the basic physiological effects of various techniques on tissues such as capillary beds, connective tissue, chemical markers, etc, so basic science research is critical in advancing our understanding of the various physiological effects of massage therapy.

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