http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Blood vessels that supply oxygen and nutrients to tumors can also deliver something else - a signal that strengthens nearby cancer cells, making them more resistant to chemotherapy, more likely to spread to other organs and more lethal, scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center report online in Cancer Cell. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-blood-vessel-cells-coax-colorectal.html Cancer Fri, 01 Feb 2013 10:31:19 EST news278937053 funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF), Medical Research Council (MRC) and Wellcome Trust – have today published a patient-friendly and efficient way to make stem cells out of blood, increasing the hope that scientists could one day use stem cells made from patients' own cells to treat cardiovascular disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-patient-friendly-stem-cells-heart-disease.html Medical research Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:00:08 EST news273434805 University of Iowa team discovers new biological pathway in blood vessel cells, which may contribute to the blood pressure-lowering effects of TZD drugs used to treat Type 2 diabetes. This finding may help to develop new therapies that retain the beneficial effect of TZDs but eliminate the adverse side effects. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-biological-pathway-discovery-scientists-redesign.html Diabetes Tue, 09 Oct 2012 11:21:27 EST news269000477 Researchers from Queen Mary, University of London and the University of Surrey have found a protein inside blood vessels with an ability to protect the body from substances which cause cardiovascular disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-protein-discovery-cardiovascular-disease.html Cardiology Sun, 11 Mar 2012 19:00:01 EST news250687373 Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have discovered the therapeutic benefit of fetal stem cells in helping the maternal heart recover after heart attack or other injury. The research, which marks a significant advancement in cardiac regenerative medicine, was presented today at the American Heart Association's (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2011 in Orlando, Florida, and is also published in the current issue of Circulation Research, a journal of the AHA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-fetal-stem-cells-placenta-maternal.html Cardiology Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:14:45 EST news240513126 Scientists at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have discovered a key molecule needed to kill the blood vessels that supply tumours. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-strategy-tumor-feeding-blood-vessels.html Medical research Mon, 06 Jun 2011 10:02:20 EST news226573325 Tacrolimus, a drug that is commonly used to prevent organ transplantation rejection, inhibits breast cancer growth in pre-clinical studies. The finding from UNC scientists was reported in the May 26th PLoS ONE. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-common-transplant-drug-inhibits-breast.html Cancer Thu, 26 May 2011 13:45:19 EST news225636304 Researchers studying the life threatening infectious disease sepsis have discovered how the infection can lead to a fatal inflammatory response through blood vessel cells. The research, which is published in EMBO Molecular Medicine, focuses on blocking crucial Matrix Metalloprotease enzymes (MMP) which activate the response. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-blueprint-blocking-mmp-treatments-deadly.html Medical research Wed, 18 May 2011 04:17:04 EST news224910977