News tagged with adult tissues


Researchers discover dynamic behavior of progenitor cells in brain

By monitoring the behavior of a class of cells in the brains of living mice, neuroscientists at Johns Hopkins discovered that these cells remain highly dynamic in the adult brain, where they transform into ...

Neuroscience created May 09, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Structural dynamics underlying memory in aging brains

(Medical Xpress)—When the brains of those who have succumbed to age-related neurodegeneration are analyzed post-mortem, they typically show significant atrophy on all scales. Not only is the cortex thinner ...

Neuroscience created Apr 17, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

The relationship between prenatal stress and obesity is confirmed in rats

The intrauterine environment plays an important role in the health of the offspring. Now, experts from the University of Navarra affirm that the mother's stress, due to socio-economic or psycho-social causes, is associated ...

Health created Apr 09, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Building better blood vessels could advance tissue engineering

One of the major obstacles to growing new organs—replacement hearts, lungs and kidneys—is the difficulty researchers face in building blood vessels that keep the tissues alive, but new findings from the ...

Medical research created Apr 04, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Stem cells fill gaps in bones

For many patients the removal of several centimetres of bone from the lower leg following a serious injury or a tumour extraction is only the beginning of a long-lasting ordeal. Autologous stem cells have been found to accelerate ...

Medical research created Apr 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cartilage damaged from exercise may aid in early osteoarthritis detection

Osteoarthritis is the most common joint disorder, affecting about one-third of older adults, and currently there is no cure. A study published by Cell Press April 2nd in the Biophysical Journal reveals how th ...

Medical research created Apr 02, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers first to use common virus to 'fortify' adult stem cells

Using the same strategy that a common virus employs to evade the human immune system, researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center's Institute for Regenerative Medicine have modified adult stem cells to increase their ...

Medical research created Apr 01, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Weight loss may prevent, treat osteoarthritis in obese patients

Weight loss may prevent and significantly alleviate the symptoms of osteoarthritis, a progressive disease of the joints known as "wear and tear" arthritis, according to a literature review appearing in the March 2013 issue ...

Surgery created Mar 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Creating new tissue instead of transplanting hearts

How can progenitor cells turn into tissues? At the Vienna University of technology, chemical substances have been developed which control the differentiation of progenitor cells into heart cells. The heart ...

Medical research created Mar 04, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The skin aging regulator

Despite progress in regenerative medicine, with age, the skin loses its properties in an irreversible manner. The ATIP-Avenir team "Epidermal homeostasis and tumorigenesis" directed by Chloé Féral, an Inserm ...

Medical research created Jan 22, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sleep apnea may offer unusual protection for heart attack patients

(Medical Xpress)—People who suffer from breathing disorders such as sleep apnea are usually at higher risk for cardiovascular disease. But an intriguing new study from Technion-Israel Institute of Technology scientists ...

Sleep apnea created Jan 03, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

New biomaterials promote neuroregeneration after a brain injury

Professor Jose Miguel Soria, a member of the Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, has co-directed with Professor Manuel Monleón of the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia a study on the compatibility ...

Neuroscience created Nov 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Changes in nerve cells may contribute to the development of mental illness

Reduced production of myelin, a type of protective nerve fiber that is lost in diseases like multiple sclerosis, may also play a role in the development of mental illness, according to researchers at the Graduate School of ...

Neuroscience created Nov 28, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Fat-derived stem cells hold potential for regenerative medicine

(Medical Xpress)—As researchers work on reconfiguring cells to take on new regenerative properties, a new review from Penn Medicine plastic surgeons sheds additional light on the potential power of adipose-derived stem ...

Surgery created Nov 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

2 years out, patients receiving stem cell therapy show sustained heart function improvement

Marked sustained improvement in all patients with zero adverse effects. For a phase I clinical trial, these results are the Holy Grail. Yet researchers from the University of Louisville and Brigham and Women's Hospital today ...

Cardiology created Nov 06, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast