News tagged with skin tissue


Study shows link between vitamin D, skin cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 04, 2010 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (11) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

A Henry Ford Hospital study has shown a link between Vitamin D levels and basal cell carcinoma, a finding that could lead researchers to better understand the development of the most common form of skin cancer.





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Spindles give cancer clues

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 12, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cancer scientists working at the University of Dundee have discovered a form of stem cell activity that may help lead to early identification of the disease.


Using own skin cells to repair hearts on horizon

Using own skin cells to repair hearts on horizon

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 02, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

A heart patient's own skin cells soon could be used to repair damaged cardiac tissue thanks to pioneering stem cell research of the University of Houston's newest biomedical scientist, Robert Schwartz.


Researchers create atlas of transcription factor combinations

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 04, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

In a significant leap forward in the understanding of how specific types of tissue are determined to develop in mammals, an international team of scientists has succeeded in mapping the entire network of DNA-binding transcription ...


New tool illuminates connections between stem cells and cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 21, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers have a new tool to understand how cancers grow -- and with it a new opportunity to identify novel cancer drugs. They've been able to break apart human prostate tissue, extract the stem cells in that tissue, and ...


Scanning for skin cancer: Infrared system looks for deadly melanoma

Scanning for skin cancer: Infrared system looks for deadly melanoma (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Johns Hopkins researchers have developed a noninvasive infrared scanning system to help doctors determine whether pigmented skin growths are benign moles or melanoma, a lethal form of cancer.


Scientists discover molecular pathway for organ tissue regeneration and repair

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists have discovered a molecular pathway that works through the immune system to regenerate damaged kidney tissues and may lead to new therapies for repairing injury in a number of organs systems.


'Rare' cancers in the spotlight at major European conference

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 24, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

More should be done across Europe to ensure that people with rare forms of cancer are not denied access to the best possible treatment, say the organizers of a major European cancer conference to be held in Milan on 9 and ...


Spotlight on rare tumors in hunt for new cancer treatments

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 08, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New breakthrough treatments for the most common cancers could soon come from cutting-edge research into some of the world's rarest tumors.


New cancer-fighting strategy focuses on signaling molecules

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 24, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cancer researchers studying the immune system have identified a previously unrecognized set of targets and biomarkers to battle solid tumors.


Study Sheds Light On Formation of Tissue-Engineered Vascular Grafts to Repair Heart Defect

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Yale School of Medicine study provides new understanding of the mechanisms that underlie how tissue engineered vascular grafts (TEVG) work. The paper is published this week in the online Early Edition of ...



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