News tagged with vessel cells

Evidence strengthens link between NSAIDs and reduced cancer metastasis

A new study reveals key factors that promote the spread of cancer to lymph nodes and provides a mechanism that explains how a common over-the-counter anti-inflammatory medication can reduce the spread of tumor cells through ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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New drug doesn't improve disability among stroke patients

A new drug that showed promise in animal studies and an early clinical trial didn't improve disability among stroke patients, according to late-breaking research presented at the American Stroke Association's International ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cambridge team first to grow smooth muscle cells from patient skin cells

A Cambridge University research team has for the first time discovered a method of generating different types of vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) - the cells which make up the walls of blood vessels - using cells from ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study identifies blood-forming stem cells' growth

Scientists with the new Children's Research Institute at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified the environment in which blood-forming stem cells survive and thrive within the body, an important step toward increasing ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Avastin, Sutent increase breast cancer stem cells, study shows

Cancer treatments designed to block the growth of blood vessels were found to increase the number of cancer stem cells in breast tumors in mice, suggesting a possible explanation for why these drugs don't ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Imaging live mouse spinal cord will aid trauma therapy

(Medical Xpress) -- To study spinal cord injuries, researchers have had to conduct exploratory surgeries on mice to determine how nerves and other cells respond after trauma. But these approaches have only ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Drug improves survival of colorectal cancer patients, trial results show

An investigational drug called regorafenib slowed the progression of tumors and lengthened the lives of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, an international phase III clinical trial found. The findings were presented ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Essential protein for the formation of new blood vessels identified

New research explains how cells regulate their bonds during the development of new blood vessels. For the first time, the role of the protein Raf-1 in determining the strength of the bond between cells has ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Smooth muscle cells created from patients' skin cells

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have created cells which make up the walls of blood vessels; research could lead to new treatments and better screening for cardiovascular disease.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New findings provide more complete picture of kidney cancer

Two recent studies by Van Andel Research Institute scientists are providing a foundation for a more complete understanding of distinct kidney cancer subtypes, which could pave the way for better treatments.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Starving cancer

A research group led by ETH Zurich professor Dario Neri have developed a new strategy to fight cancer. Blood vessels in the environment of tumors are killed with a new molecule which leads to the "starvation” ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

F. nucleatum enables breaking bond on blood vessels to allow invaders in

A common oral bacteria, Fusobacterium nucleatum, acts like a key to open a door in human blood vessels and leads the way for it and other bacteria like Escherichia coli to invade the body through the blood and make people s ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Hide and seek signals

The white blood cells that fight disease and help our bodies heal are directed to sites of infection or injury by 'exit signs' – chemical signals that tell them where to pass through the blood vessel walls and into the ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists discover new way to target cancer

Scientists have discovered a new way to target cancer through manipulating a master switch responsible for cancer cell growth.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Biker's warning! Erythropoietin hits blood vessels to raise blood pressure in the brain

Erythropoietin or EPO might be considered a "performance enhancing" substance for athletes, but new research published online in The FASEB Journal shows that these enhancements come at a high cost--increased risk of vascul ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0