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Scientists create personalized bone substitutes from skin cells

A team of New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute scientists report today the generation of patient-specific bone substitutes from skin cells for repair of large bone defects. The study, led by Darja Marolt, ...

Medical research created May 06, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Making a window for drug delivery in the blood-brain barrier

(Medical Xpress)—The blood-brain barrier (BBB) prevents most large or hydrophilic (polar) molecules from getting into the brain. For many neurological diseases, like Parkinson's, the presence of the BBB ...

Medical research created Apr 30, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Genetically engineered bacteria could help in Crohn's and colitis

(Medical Xpress)—A new study in mice has shown that genetically engineered bacteria can protect against inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which includes a host of conditions including ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.

Medical research created Nov 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

A better way to grow bone: Fresh, purified fat stem cells grow bone faster and better

UCLA stem cell scientists purified a subset of stem cells found in fat tissue and made from them bone that was formed faster and was of higher quality than bone grown using traditional methods, a finding that may one day ...

Medical research created Jun 11, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study shows survival advantage for bypass surgery compared with non-surgical procedure

A new comparative effectiveness study found older adults with stable coronary heart disease (CHD) who underwent bypass surgery had better long-term survival rates than those who underwent a non-surgical procedure to improve ...

Cardiology created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Will my breast cancer spread? Discovery may predict probability of metastasis

Researchers from Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah have discovered a new way to model human breast cancer that could lead to new tools for predicting which breast cancers will spread and new ways to ...

Cancer created Oct 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cells predict onset of graft-versus-host disease in men receiving BMTs from female donors

Stanford University School of Medicine investigators have identified a clutch of cells that—if seen in a male patient's blood after receiving a brand-new immune system in the form of a bone-marrow transplant from a female ...

Medical research created Feb 04, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Landmark study in blood stem cell transplant

(Medical Xpress)—Before all the excitement about embryonic stem cells, doctors were using hematopoetic – that is, blood-forming—stem cells. Hematopoetic stem cells can replenish all the types of cells in the blood, ...

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

Loss of gene expression may trigger cardiovascular disease, researchers find

(Medical Xpress)—A Yale-led team of researchers has uncovered a genetic malfunction that may lead to hardening of the arteries and other forms of cardiovascular disease. The study appears in the journal Cell Reports.

Medical research created Nov 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Surprise origin for coronary arteries could speed advances in regenerative medicine

During embryonic development, the all-important coronary arteries arise from cells previously considered incapable of producing them, according to scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. The ...

Cardiology created Nov 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cardiac bypass surgery superior to non-surgical procedure for adults with diabetes and heart disease

Adults with diabetes and multi-vessel coronary heart disease who underwent cardiac bypass surgery had better overall heart-related outcomes than those who underwent an artery-opening procedure to improve blood flow to the ...

Cardiology created Nov 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Leading bone marrow transplant expert recommends significant change to current practice

One of the world's leading bone marrow transplant experts is recommending a significant change to current transplant practice for patients who need marrow or adult stem cells from an unrelated donor to treat hematologic malignancies. ...

Other created Oct 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Deadly complication of stem cell transplants reduced in mice

(Medical Xpress)—Studying leukemia in mice, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have reduced a life-threatening complication of stem cell transplants, the only curative treatment when leukemia ...

Medical research created Sep 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New genetic clues to why most bone marrow transplant patients develop graft-versus-host disease

A team of scientists led by a bone marrow transplant researcher at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has shed new light on why most bone marrow transplant patients who receive tissue-matched cells from unrelated donors ...

Medical research created Sep 04, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Stroke risk higher after bypass than angioplasty: analysis

(HealthDay News) -- The potential for a stroke is far more common after a bypass than after angioplasty, new research reports, even though the risk after either heart procedure is still relatively low.

Cardiology created Aug 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast