Adjective modifier

• human: CONCLUSIONS: This is the first reported system to preserve cell function of human discal explants for long periods in tissue culture.

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• culture: There is a biologic and therapeutic need for a satisfactory explant culture system for studying human intervertebral disk tissue in a controlled environment.

• system: There is a biologic and therapeutic need for a satisfactory explant culture system for studying human intervertebral disk tissue in a controlled environment.

Noun used with modifier

• cartilage: Glucosamine inhibits recombinant human interleukin-1 stimulated cartilage degradation in equine cartilage explants.

• tissue: Methods These experiments were performed on tissue explants or brain slices prepared from mouse embryos and pups from development stages E15 through P20.

• root: The aim is to examine the growth of root explants over a 7 day period.