In simpler language, doctors located the arteries feeding the prostate gland using dye injected into the blood, then partially blocked the blood flow to diminish the prostate.
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Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
Van Nuland was more interested in what was happening underground, where sprawling systems of fungal threads — from microscopic ducts to arteries thick as yarn — extended dozens of feet horizontally in all directions.
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