News tagged with vascular tissue
New study finds shock-wave therapy for unhealed fractured bones
Nov 02, 2009 |
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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 ...
New device detects heart disease using less than one drop of blood
Jun 01, 2009 |
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Testing people for heart disease might be just a finger prick away thanks to a new credit card-sized device created by a team of researchers from Harvard and Northeastern universities in Boston. In a research report published ...
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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). ...
Genes may predict vascular malformation
Jan 29, 2009 |
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A pair of studies, led by Medical College of Wisconsin scientists at Children's Research Institute in Milwaukee, may translate into rapid molecular tests to distinguish between hemangiomas and congenital blood or lymph vessel ...
Protein identified that plays role in blood flow
Sep 18, 2008 |
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For years, researchers have known that high blood pressure causes blood vessels to contract and low blood pressure causes blood vessels to relax. Until recently, however, researchers did not have the tools to determine the ...
Inserting Catheters Without X-rays
Mar 09, 2009 |
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X-rays penetrate the patient's body, helping the doctor guide the catheter through the artery. In future, it will be possible to monitor the position of the catheter without exposing the patient to X-ray radiation, ...
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 ...
Study reveals major genetic differences between blood and tissue cells
Jul 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Research by a group of Montreal scientists calls into question one of the most basic assumptions of human genetics: that when it comes to DNA, every cell in the body is essentially identical ...
Heart protein regulates blood vessel maintenance
May 11, 2009 |
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Researchers identify a protein that regulates the physical state of blood vessels. The biochemical processes involved in this regulation are important in the study of cardiovascular health.
Human vascular system in mice
Apr 14, 2008 |
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Tumors use the body's blood system for their own purposes: They stimulate the growth of blood vessels that supply the tumor. Medical treatment blocks this process in order to restrain tumors. Scientists of ...
Scientist devises new way to more rapidly generate bone tissue
Dec 15, 2008 |
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Using stem cell lines not typically combined, researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have designed a new way to "grow" bone and other tissues.
First near-total face and upper-jaw transplant appears successful
Nov 16, 2009 |
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More than a year and a half following the first near-total face and upper jaw transplant, the donor tissue appears successfully integrated, according to a report in the November/December issue of Archives of Facial Plastic Su ...
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