News tagged with angiogenesis
Researcher studies blood vessels that feed tumors
Nov 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Federal stimulus funding helps Cornell researchers create tiny 3-D models of tumors to mimic conditions necessary for the development of vascular systems by tumors.
Alternatively spliced tissue factor identified as promising new biomarker for aggressive cancers
Oct 26, 2009 |
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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 ...
Enhanced stem cells promote tissue regeneration
Oct 05, 2009 |
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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). ...
Enhancement of pancreatic cancer on dynamic CT: Does it correlate with angiogenesis and fibrosis?
Jul 16, 2009 |
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Prognosis of pancreatic cancer is poor. Recently, it has been clarified that the grade of tumor angiogenesis is a useful prognostic marker in human cancer, including pancreatic cancer. To establish the grade of tumor angiogenesis ...
Asian spice could reduce breast cancer risk in women exposed to hormone replacement therapy
Jul 13, 2009 |
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Previous studies have found that postmenopausal women who have taken a combined estrogen and progestin hormone replacement therapy have increased their risk of developing progestin-accelerated breast tumors. Now, University ...
Paradox of cancer drugs gives clue to why some treatments fail
Mar 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have found that some types of cancer drugs called angiogenesis inhibitors can encourage tumour growth rather than stunt it - according to research published in Nature Medicine* yesterday.
Stem cell infusion and hyperbaric oxygen treatment improve islet function in diabetes
Mar 12, 2009 |
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A study to determine if patients with type 2 diabetes can benefit from a combination of autologous (patient self-donated) stem cell infusions (ASC) and hyperbaric (above the normal air pressure of ) oxygen treatment (HBO) ...
Study sheds light on angiogenesis inhibitors, points to limitations, solutions
Mar 02, 2009 |
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A new generation of cancer drugs designed to starve tumors of their blood supply - called "angiogenesis inhibitors"--succeeds at first, but then promotes more invasive cancer growth—sometimes with a higher incidence of metastases, ...
New Nanoparticle to Help Researchers Study Angiogenesis
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Adah Almutairi, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of California, San Diego, is first author of a paper recently published in the Proceedings of ...
Control of blood vessels a possible weapon against obesity
Jan 07, 2009 |
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Mice exposed to low temperatures develop more blood vessels in their adipose tissue and metabolise body fat more quickly, according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet. Scientists now hope to learn how to control blood ...
