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Implant bacteria, beware: Researchers create nano-sized assassins

Implant bacteria, beware: Researchers create nano-sized assassins

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Staphylococcus epidermidis is quite an opportunist. Commonly found on human skin, the bacteria pose little danger. But S. epidermidis is a leading cause of infections in hospitals. From catheters to prosthetic ...





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New function for the protein Bcl-xL: It prevents bone breakdown

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In blood cells, the protein Bcl-xL has a well-characterized role in preventing cell death by a process known as apoptosis. However, its function(s) in osteoclasts, cells that slowly breakdown bone (a process known as resorption), ...


Scientists closer to making implantable bone material

Scientists closer to making implantable bone material

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jul 26, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists are closer to understanding how to grow replacement bones with stem cell technology, thanks to research published today in the journal Nature Materials.


Ready for relapse: Molecule helps breast cancer cells to survive in the bone marrow

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patients who survive an initial diagnosis of breast cancer often succumb to the disease years later when the cancer shows up in a different part of the body. Now, scientists have identified key signals that support the long ...


Bone marrow cell therapy may be beneficial for patients with ischemic heart disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

The injection of bone marrow cells into the heart of patients with chronic myocardial ischemia (reduced blood flow to some areas of the heart) was associated with modest improvements in blood flow and function of the left ...


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New evidence that green tea may help improve bone health

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers in Hong Kong are reporting new evidence that green tea — one of the most popular beverages consumed worldwide and now available as a dietary supplement — may help improve bone health. They found ...


Cell injections accelerate fracture healing

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Long bone fractures heal faster after injections of bone-building cells. Research published in the open access journal BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders has shown that osteoblast cells cultured from a patient's own bone marrow ...


New cause of osteoporosis: Mutation in a miroRNA

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Many biological processes are controlled by small molecules known as microRNAs, which work by suppressing the expression of specific sets of genes. Xiang-Hang Luo and colleagues, at Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South ...


Researchers uncover signaling pathway that regulates movement of blood-forming stem cells

Medicine & Health / Research

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

Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) have identified a signaling pathway that helps regulate the movement of blood-forming stem cells in the body—a finding that provides ...


Preventing Prostate Cancer to Bone Metastasis

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In new research on prostate cancer to bone metastasis, Dr. Phillip Trackman of Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine explains that the lysyl oxidase pro-peptide (LOX-PP) inhibits prostate ...


Researchers unravel key mechanism in pathogenesis of osteoporosis

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created May 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Osteoporosis, or bone loss, is a disease that is most common in the elderly population, affecting women more often than men. Until now, it was not clear exactly how the disease develops. Researchers of the Max Delbrück Center ...



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