News tagged with abnormal blood vessels


New target identified for potential treatment of retinopathy in premature babies

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Results of a study in mice by researchers at the University of California, San Diego strongly suggest that the protein kinase JNK1 plays a key role in the development of retinopathy in premature infants. Their findings, ...





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New strategy to combat cancer: Streamlining blood vessel walls

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Our blood vessels provide all growing tissues with oxygen and nutrients. The growth of blood vessels (a process termed angiogenesis) is indispensable for the proper functioning of organs and the repair of tissues when they ...


More blood vessels in hormone-resistant prostate tumors

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patients with advanced prostate cancer are often treated with hormones, but when the tumours start growing again they have more and different blood vessels, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy, at the University ...


High-fat diets inflame fat tissue around blood vessels, contribute to heart disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A study by researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) shows that high-fat diets, even if consumed for a short amount of time, can inflame fat tissue surrounding blood vessels, possibly contributing to cardiovascular ...


Researchers identify gene associated with muscular dystrophy-related vision problems

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Skeletal muscle disease and vision deficits might seem unrelated, but a frog model of muscular dystrophy shows it is not such a leap.


Natural compound stops retinopathy

Natural compound stops retinopathy

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center have found a way to use a natural compound to stop one of the leading causes of blindness in the United States. The research appears online ...


Investigating the causes of Alzheimer's

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 22, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists at the University of Bristol are investigating what causes the leaks that develop in blood vessels in Alzheimer's disease, thanks to funding from the UK's leading dementia research charity, the Alzheimer's Research ...


Study suggests new approach to common cause of blindness

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine in collaboration with lead investigators at the University of Kentucky have identified a new target for the diagnosis and treatment of age-related ...


Innovative method to starve tumors

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

The development of cancerous tumours is highly dependent on the nutrients the tumours receive through the blood. The team of Dr. Janusz Rak, of the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) at the Montreal ...


Bacteria make the artificial blood vessels of the future

Bacteria make the artificial blood vessels of the future

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created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The cellulose produced by bacteria could be used for artificial blood vessels in the future as it carries a lower risk of blood clots than the synthetic materials currently used for bypass operations, reveals ...


Heart protein regulates blood vessel maintenance

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers identify a protein that regulates the physical state of blood vessels. The biochemical processes involved in this regulation are important in the study of cardiovascular health.



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