Christina Warinner Tracking ancient diseases using ... plaque

This is because aortic insufficiency causes increased blood flow in the ascending aorta.

These cells normally act as special chemoreceptors located along blood vessels, particularly in the carotid bodies (at the bifurcation of the common carotid artery in the neck) and in aortic bodies (near the aortic arch).

Bentall procedure Replacement of the damaged section of aorta and replacement of the aortic valve.

Many local residents came to take photographs with the plaque and tree.

A blue plaque was unveiled outside her house at 109 Ebury Street, London, in 1997.

Our arteries can clog. Our brains can gunk up with plaque, and we can get Alzheimer's.

There's a little plaque on the end that, you know, each buyer gets their name engraved on it.

One new site has been added, namely a Memorial plaque at India Point, Humbolt Mountain, Dronning Maud Land.

Xylitol cannot be fermented by these bacteria, so the bacteria have difficulty thriving, thus helping to prevent plaque formation.

Conversely, the outer, older portions of the plaque become more calcified, less metabolically active and more physically stiff over time.

In the United States, a SHARE THE ROAD plaque is sometimes placed below these warning signs when used in this manner.

The dose of radiation to the conjunctiva is controlled by the time that the plaque is left in contact with the surface.

On Friday, Novaya Gazeta, Politkovskaya's newspaper, invited people to gather at the entrance to its office building, where a plaque commemorates her life and work.

The original bridge was dedicated to state engineer William E. Dean, as noted on a plaque displayed at the rest area at the south end of the bridge.

The NGO alliance in New York and Vienna presented Mr. Vetere with a plaque in order to remind him of the friendship and gratefulness of the NGO community.

By the way, Tony Hayward, the former CEO of BP, had a plaque on his desk inscribed with this inspirational slogan What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?

Radiation therapy Radiation may be used to treat stage 2 seminoma cancers, or as adjuvant (preventative) therapy in the case of stage 1 seminomas, to minimize the likelihood that tiny, non detectable tumors exist and will spread (in the inguinal and para aortic lymph nodes).

Imagine what we could learn about diseases by studying the history of human disease, from ancient hominids to the present. But how? TED Fellow Christina Warinner is an achaeological geneticist, and she's found a spectacular new tool the microbial DNA in fossilized dental plaque.