News tagged with vascular wall
Cholesterol-lowering medication accelerates depletion of plaque in arteries
In a new study, NYU Langone Medical Center researchers have discovered how cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins promote the breakdown of plaque in the arteries. The study was published online by the journal PLoS One on Dec ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Dec 13, 2011 |
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Combined arterial imaging technology reveals both structural and metabolic details
A new device that combines two microimaging technologies can reveal both the detailed anatomy of arterial linings and biological activities that, in coronary arteries, could indicate the risk of heart attacks ...
Nov 06, 2011 |
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New research explains how estrogen could help protect women from cardiovascular disease
The sex hormone oestrogen could help protect women from cardiovascular disease by keeping the body's immune system in check, new research from Queen Mary, University of London has revealed.
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Aug 11, 2011 |
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Doctors devise method of testing blood pressure using ultrasound
(PhysOrg.com) -- In what can only be described as insightful, two doctors from The Netherlands, working with Italian imaging companies, have devised a means to use ultrasound to measure blood pressure. The technology, more ...
Jun 16, 2011 |
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Scientists discover new method for engineering human tissue regeneration
If pending clinical trials prove successful, a new discovery published in The FASEB Journal could represent a major scientific leap toward human tissue regeneration and engineering. In a research report appearing online, Yale s ...
May 12, 2011 |
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When the lungs come under pressure
German scientists have found a way of treating pulmonary arterial hypertension.
May 05, 2011 |
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New 'nanoburrs' could add to arsenal of therapies against heart disease
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at MIT and Harvard Medical School have built targeted nanoparticles that can cling to artery walls and slowly release medicine, an advance that potentially provides an alternative ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 18, 2010 |
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New findings highlight the role of endothelial cell activation in children with cerebral malaria
Researchers have identified a novel pathway that may contribute to the high mortality associated with severe malaria in sub-Saharan African children. The study, published March 20 in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens, report ...
Mar 20, 2009 |
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A new measure for the malignancy of melanoma
Every tumor, starting from a size of a few millimeters, depends on a supply of nutrients and oxygen. Therefore, using special growth factors, it induces vascular wall cells of neighboring blood vessels to sprout new capillaries ...
Mar 12, 2009 |
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