News tagged with types of tissues
Testes stem cell can change into other body tissues, study shows
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Jan 05, 2009 |
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Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine and at UC-San Francisco have succeeded in isolating stem cells from human testes. The cells bear a striking resemblance to embryonic stem cells — they can differentiate ...
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Findings show nanomedicine promising for treating spinal cord injuries
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 08, 2009 |
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(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 ...
Ancient muscle tissue extracted from 18 million year old fossil
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have extracted organically preserved muscle tissue from an 18 million years old salamander fossil. The discovery by researchers from University College Dublin, the UK and Spain, ...
Researchers pioneer kidney disease prediction method
Nov 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A study into the relationship between antibodies and proteins in people with Lupus could mean earlier diagnosis of kidney disease in such patients, and lead the way for earlier diagnoses for ...
Researchers explore new ways to prevent spinal cord damage using a vitamin B3 precursor
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Substances naturally produced by the human body may one day help prevent paralysis following a spinal cord injury, according to researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College. A recent $2.5 million grant from the New York State ...
Scientists reveal how induced pluripotent stem cells differ from embryonic stem cells
Nov 05, 2009 |
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The same genes that are chemically altered during normal cell differentiation, as well as when normal cells become cancer cells, are also changed in stem cells that scientists derive from adult cells, according to new research ...
Proton therapy is well-tolerated in prostate cancer patients
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Proton beam therapy can be safely delivered to men with prostate cancer and has minimal urinary and rectal side effects, according to a study presented November 2, 2009, at the American Society for Radiation Oncology's 51st ...
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 ...
Probiotic found to be effective treatment for colitis in mice
Oct 26, 2009 |
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The probiotic, Bacillus polyfermenticus, can help mice recover from colitis, a new study has found. Mice treated with B. polyfermenticus during the non-inflammatory period of the disease had reduced rectal bleeding, their tissues ...
Widely used virus assay shown unreliable when compared to other methods
Oct 21, 2009 |
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In the course of doing research on the mosquito-borne pathogens chikungunya virus (CHIKV) and o' nyong-nyong virus (ONNV), Virginia Tech researchers have discovered an inconvenient truth about an assay, strand-specific quantitative ...
Lack of Social Interaction Affects Health Outcomes of Breast Cancer
Oct 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Social environment can play an important role in the biology of disease, including breast cancer, and lead to significant differences in health outcome, according to results of a study published in Cancer Pr ...
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