OECS

abbreviation

1. Organization of Eastern Caribbean States

Example Sentences

“Dominica was a real wake up call for us, it virtually got washed away” said Didacus Jules, director general of the OECS.

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In a second operation the patient's OECs will be injected above and below the injury and strips of tissue laid across the gap in the cord.

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The team believe the OECs will enable nerve fibres to regenerate across the cord and so repair the damage.

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OECs assist the repair of damaged nerves that transmit smell messages by opening up pathways for them to the olfactory bulbs in the forebrain.

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Dr Tabakow was so convinced of the science that he got ethical approval to inject OECs from the nasal lining into the spinal cords of three paralysed patients - this was crucial to show the procedure was safe.

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