News tagged with blood vessel cells


Brain cancer blood vessels not substantially tumor-derived

(Medical Xpress) -- Johns Hopkins scientists have published laboratory data refuting studies that suggest blood vessels that form within brain cancers are largely made up of cancer cells.  The theory of cancer-based ...

Cancer created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists develop gene therapy approach to grow blood vessels in ischemic limbs

A new research discovery by a team of Stanford and European scientists offers hope that people with atherosclerotic disease may one day be able to avoid limb amputation related to ischemia. A new research report appearing ...

Genetics created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New pathway found for regulation of blood vessel growth in cancer

Researchers at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University have identified a new function for a gene that normally prevents the development of cancer.

Cancer created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Device designed to treat a leading cause of blindness

(Medical Xpress) -- Every year, more than 200,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration, a leading cause of blindness in Americans age 60 or older. There is no known cure ...

Ophthalmology created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Novel bioactive peptides promote wound healing in vivo

Researchers have combined bioactive peptides to successfully stimulate wound healing. The in vitro and in vivo study, published today in PLoS ONE, demonstrates that the combination of two peptides stimulates the growth of blo ...

Medical research created Feb 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Invade and conquer: Nicotine's role in promoting heart and blood vessel disease

Cigarette smoke has long been considered the main risk factor for heart disease. But new research from Brown University in Providence, R.I., shows that nicotine itself, a component of cigarette smoke, can contribute to the ...

Cardiology created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A step forward in effort to regenerate damaged nerves

The carnage evident in disasters like car wrecks or wartime battles is oftentimes mirrored within the bodies of the people involved. A severe wound can leave blood vessels and nerves severed, bones broken, and cellular wreckage ...

Neuroscience created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers make living model of brain tumor

Brown University scientists have created the first three-dimensional living tissue model, complete with surrounding blood vessels, to analyze the effectiveness of therapeutics to combat brain tumors. The 3-D ...

Cancer created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Stem cell study in mice offers hope for treating heart attack patients

A UCSF stem cell study conducted in mice suggests a novel strategy for treating damaged cardiac tissue in patients following a heart attack. The approach potentially could improve cardiac function, minimize ...

Cardiology created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Medical 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 ...

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 ...

Medical 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 ...

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