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'Smart scaffolds' may help heal broken hearts

Medicine & Health / Research

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

Canadian researchers have, for the first time, developed an organic substance that attracts and supports cells necessary for tissue repair and can be directly injected into problem areas. This development, published online ...





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Stem cells restore cognitive abilities impaired by brain tumor treatment, study finds

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Human embryonic stem cells could help people with learning and memory deficits after radiation treatment for brain tumors, suggests a new UC Irvine study.


Findings show nanomedicine promising for treating spinal cord injuries

Findings show nanomedicine promising for treating spinal cord injuries

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 08, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Purdue University have discovered a new approach for repairing damaged nerve fibers in spinal cord injuries using nano-spheres that could be injected into the blood shortly ...


Nanoparticles for gene therapy improve

Nanoparticles for gene therapy improve

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- About five years ago, Professor Janet Sawicki at the Lankenau Institute in Pennsylvania read an article about nanoparticles developed by MIT's Robert Langer for gene therapy, the insertion ...


Researchers Discover Mutations in Two Genes that Cause Early-Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team including researchers with the National Institutes of Health has discovered that mutations in either of two related genes cause a severe and rare form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) ...


Tissue-engineering researchers create replacement knee ligaments from recipients' own cells

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created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a development that could lead to more complete recovery from torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in humans, University of Michigan researchers have grown and repaired knee ligaments in rats ...


New study finds shock-wave therapy for unhealed fractured bones

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created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When fractured bones fail to heal, a serious complication referred to as "nonunion" can develop. This occurs when the process of bone healing is interrupted or stalled. According to a new study published in the November ...


Bone formation from embryonic stem cells

Bone formation from embryonic stem cells

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created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Jojanneke Jukes of the University of Twente, The Netherlands, has succeeded in growing bone tissue with the help of embryonic stem cells for the first time.


Damaging inflammatory response could hinder spinal cord repair

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The inflammatory response following a spinal cord injury appears to be set up to cause extra tissue damage instead of promoting healing, new research suggests.


Going out on a limb

Going out on a limb: 'Scaffold' to regenerate lost or damaged bones and tissues

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Mother Nature has provided the lizard with a unique ability to regrow body tissue that is damaged or torn ― if its tail is pulled off, it grows right back. She has not been quite so generous with human ...


A master mechanism for regeneration?

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

ANN ARBOR, Mich.---Biologists long have marveled at the ability of some animals to re-grow lost body parts. Newts, for example, can lose a leg and grow a new one identical to the original. Zebrafish can re-grow fins.



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