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angiogenesis

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an·gi·o·gen·e·sis  (nj--jn-ss)
n. pl. an·gi·o·gen·e·ses (-sz)
The formation of new blood vessels.

angi·o·genic (-jnk) adj.

angiogenesis [ˌændʒɪəˈgɛnɪsɪs]
n
(Medicine) the induction of blood-vessel growth, often in association with a particular organ or tissue, or with a tumour

angiogenesis  (nj--jn-ss)
The formation of new blood vessels, especially blood vessels that supply oxygen and nutrients to cancerous tissues.
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Noun1.angiogenesis - the formation of new blood vessels
growing, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny, maturation, development - (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"


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Furthermore, they report in the July Cancer Cell, there's a correlation between Jagged1's abundance and the amount of angiogenesis in the human tumors that the researchers examined.
Gail Eckhardt, an associate professor at the CUHSC and a clinician with a long-standing interest in angiogenesis inhibitors as therapies for cancer.
"While blocking VEGF has been widely accepted as a viable approach to treating certain cancers, in some cases angiogenesis and tumor growth proceed despite VEGF inhibition," noted Gavin Thurston, Ph.
 
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