How to Use mammary in a Sentence
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First, the startup needs to grow mammary cells at a much larger scale — and at a lower cost.
—Milly Chan, CNN, 3 May 2022
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If your dog does develop a tumor, surgery is the standard of care for mammary tumors.
—Texas A&m University, Houston Chronicle, 20 June 2018
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In the coming weeks, the blind, hairless cub—which is roughly 1/900th the size of its mother—will live on Mei Xiang’s chest, migrating between mammary glands and warm armpits.
—Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Aug. 2020
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Mammals are best characterized by their warm blood, mammary glands and unique birth process.
—Liam Gravvat, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2022
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Growing enough mammary cells to make any milk at scale is also a huge technical challenge.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2020
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Ectopic breast tissues can be found along the embryonic mammary ridges and can occur in the vulva.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 5 May 2017
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Female dogs that are never spayed or that are spayed after their first heat are also at higher risk for mammary cancer.
—Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2020
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Ductal carcinoma in situ is a breast cancer that is entirely contained within the mammary ducts of the breast.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 27 Jan. 2022
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Ariel had been diagnosed with mammary tumors that were removed and biopsied.
—Arizona Republic, azcentral, 6 Mar. 2020
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Newborn European rabbit pups respond to a mammary pheromone released from glands around the mother’s nipples that enables them to quickly find the nipples and nurse.
—Liz Langley, National Geographic, 19 May 2020
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Male Bornean fruit bats have milk-producing mammary glands; female hyenas have a pseudo-penis.
—Brandon Keim, WIRED, 24 July 2008
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Noam was diagnosed with mammary cancer in August after zoo staff noticed a mass growing on her abdomen.
—Robin Goist, cleveland, 8 Nov. 2019
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Breast milk is produced by the mammary glands in response to different hormones circulating in a woman's body during the final months of pregnancy.
—Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2021
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Wilk, which has its lab outside of Tel Aviv, has been using breast milk and mammary cells that have been removed during breast reduction surgeries and provided by a local hospital.
—Michela Moscufo, ABC News, 9 June 2022
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Since 1888 generations of women have shopped and been traumatized at this mammary mecca.
—Nora Zelevansky, Town & Country, 4 Jan. 2013
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For girls, pyometra (uterine infections) and mammary tumors are the biggest risk.
—Patty Khuly, miamiherald, 13 July 2017
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Shearer was diagnosed with invasive mammary carcinoma, an aggressive form of breast cancer, in March at age 40.
—Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com, 5 July 2022
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The company collects mammary epithelial cells while a person is expecting.
—Gear Team, Wired, 13 Jan. 2021
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Up to 57% of female Sprague Dawley rats have been shown in other studies to develop tumors, especially mammary tumors, spontaneously.
—Guest Blogger, Discover Magazine, 21 Sep. 2012
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Their collaboration further showed a connection between hormones and cancer: mammary tumors decreased in female mice with ovariectomies while the tumors increased in pregnant mice.
—Leila McNeill, Smithsonian, 20 Mar. 2018
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In March, Shearer was diagnosed with invasive mammary carcinoma, an aggressive form of breast cancer.
—Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com, 13 July 2022
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Recently, masses were discovered on Carlee's mammary glands.
—Marc Lester, Alaska Dispatch News, 25 Aug. 2017
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In the mammary glands of a breastfeeding mother, milk-secreting cells package fat droplets into a unique, triple-layer membrane embedded with biologically active molecules thought to play roles in infants’ brain development and immune function.
—Alice Callahan, Discover Magazine, 18 Oct. 2019
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This may happen because circadian rhythm disruptions can lead to an increased likelihood of mammary tumor development, and circadian genes may act as tumor suppressors.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Oct. 2019
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Women who have had previous breast surgery or women who have delivered prematurely might be experiencing mammary tissue growth deficiencies.
—Dallas News, 18 Jan. 2023
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