News tagged with human bones


Brain displays an intrinsic mechanism for fighting infection

(Medical Xpress)—White blood cells have long reigned as the heroes of the immune system. When an infection strikes, the cells, produced in bone marrow, race through the blood to fight off the pathogen. ...

Medical research created Nov 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Researchers discover new technique for detecting bone loss

Airing for the first time last night on KAET's "ASU Discovers," the work of scientists at ASU including Ariel Anbar, a professor in ASU's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the School of Earth ...

Medical research created Oct 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Fixing a sticky situation

For decades, overtightening has been blamed for the phenomenon that sometimes causes surgical screws and plates used in bone repair to irreversibly fuse together, a complication that can make subsequent removal difficult ...

Other created Oct 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New tool for CSI? Geographic software maps distinctive features inside bones

(Medical Xpress)—A common type of geographic mapping software offers a new way to study human remains.

Medical research created Sep 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New method of resurfacing bone improves odds of successful grafts

(Medical Xpress)—Coating a bone graft with an inorganic compound found in bones and teeth may significantly increase the likelihood of a successful implant, according to Penn State researchers.

Medical research created Sep 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers restore children's immune systems with refinements in gene therapy

Researchers have demonstrated that a refined gene therapy approach safely restores the immune systems of some children with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). The rare condition blocks the normal development of a newborn's ...

Immunology created Sep 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sex and sewage

Environmental endocrine disruptors are man-made chemicals that have been shown to have adverse effects on animal and human health and fertility. Aberdeen scientists told the British Science Festival today their effects on ...

Health created Sep 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists find missing link between stem cells, immune system

UCLA researchers have discovered a type of cell that is the "missing link" between bone marrow stem cells and all the cells of the human immune system, a finding that will lead to a greater understanding of how a healthy ...

Immunology created Sep 02, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers solve mystery surrounding the death of two sisters nearly 50 years ago

Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have identified the genetic cause of a rare and fatal bone disease by studying frozen skin cells that were taken from a child with the condition almost fifty years ago. Their ...

Genetics created Aug 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Small breakthroughs offer big hope of AIDS 'cure'

Small but significant breakthrough studies on people who have been able to overcome or control HIV were presented Thursday at a major world conference on ways to stem the three-decade-old disease.

HIV & AIDS created Jul 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nobel laureate, discoverer of HIV, sees 'hope' for cure

The Nobel laureate who helped to discover HIV says there is hope for an AIDS cure following recent discoveries, in an interview with AFP ahead of a global conference on the disease.

HIV & AIDS created Jul 20, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Fertility preservation with cryopreservation of ovarian tissue: from experimental to mainstream

Although the first successful preservation of fertility from the freezing, thawing and grafting of ovarian tissue was reported eight years ago,(1) the technique has remained experimental and confined to a few specialist centres. ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Jul 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Biomarker predicts chemo response for osteosarcoma

(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists have found that a protein expressed by some cancers is a good predictor of how the cancer will respond to standard chemotherapy for osteosarcoma, the most common bone cancer in children. Knowing ...

Cancer created Jul 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

HIV may have returned in 'cured' patient: scientists

An American man whose HIV seemed to disappear after a blood marrow transplant for leukemia may be showing new hints of the disease, sparking debate over whether a cure was really achieved.

HIV & AIDS created Jun 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New immune therapy shows promise in kidney cancer

An antibody that helps a person's own immune system battle cancer cells shows increasing promise in reducing tumors in patients with advanced kidney cancer, according to researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Cancer created Jun 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0