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Enhanced stem cells promote tissue regeneration

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

MIT engineers have boosted stem cells' ability to regenerate vascular tissue (such as blood vessels) by equipping them with genes that produce extra growth factors (naturally occurring compounds that stimulate tissue growth). ...


Alternatively spliced tissue factor identified as promising new biomarker for aggressive cancers

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A recently discovered form of the protein that triggers blood clotting may play a key role in the molecular mechanisms leading to the growth of certain metastatic cancers, according to new research reported by an international ...


Scientists discover nerve growth factor with therapeutic potential in Parkinson's disease

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists in the Academy of Finland's Neuroscience Research Programme have reported promising new results with potential implications for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. They have been studying the impacts of nerve ...


Research could treat infant tumours

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Research by Victoria University PhD graduate Anasuya Vishvanath into infantile haemangioma, or strawberry birthmarks, suggests that stem cells play an important role in the growth of these common infant tumours.


Model for new generation of blood vessels challenged

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In-growth and new generation of blood vessels, which must take place if a wound is to heal or a tumor is to grow, have been thought to occur through a branching and further growth of a vessel against a chemical gradient of ...


Scientists discover new way to enhance stem cells to stimulate muscle regeneration

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) and the University of Ottawa have discovered a powerful new way to stimulate muscle regeneration, paving the way for new treatments for debilitating conditions such ...


Bone Implant Offers Hope for Skull Deformities

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A synthetic bone matrix offers hope for babies born with craniosynostosis, a condition that causes the plates in the skull to fuse too soon. Implants replacing some of the infant’s bone with the biodegradable ...


Lung tissue generated from human embryonic stem cells

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists in Belgium have successfully differentiated human embryonic stem cells (hESC) into major cell types of lung epithelial tissue using a convenient air-liquid interface. The technique, published in BioMed Central's ...


Uterine cells produce their own estrogen during pregnancy

Uterine cells produce their own estrogen during pregnancy

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

For decades, scientists assumed that the ovary alone produced steroid hormones during pregnancy. In a new study in mice, however, researchers demonstrate that once an embryo attaches to the uterine wall, the ...


Researchers track down protein responsible for chronic rhinosinusitis with polyps

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A protein known to stimulate blood vessel growth has now been found to be responsible for the cell overgrowth in the development of polyps that characterize one of the most severe forms of sinusitis, a study by Johns Hopkins ...


Effective pain treatment for cancer patients?

Effective pain treatment for cancer patients?

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cancer patients often suffer from severe pain that cannot be effectively treated with conventional medication. Researchers at the Pharmacology Institute of the University of Heidelberg have found the possible ...


The dormant potential of damaged nerve cells

The dormant potential of damaged nerve cells

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Damaged nerve cells in a finger will regrow, but those in the spinal cord do not. Why the difference? Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology working with an international ...


Novel cancer gene accelerates or stops tumour growth

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and the University of Toronto have found a gene that plays a crucial role in the development of rhabdomyosarcoma - the most common childhood sarcoma ...


Researcher regenerates brain tissue in traumatic injuries

Researcher regenerates brain tissue in traumatic injuries

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

An injectable biomaterial gel may help brain tissue grow at the site of a traumatic brain injury, according to findings by a Clemson University bioengineer.


Researchers find triggers in cells' transition from colitis to cancer

Researchers find triggers in cells' transition from colitis to cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Florida researchers have grown tumors in mice using cells from inflamed but noncancerous colon tissue taken from human patients, a finding that sheds new light on colon cancer ...