News tagged with human tissue

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Old antibiotic could be a new weapon to fight tuberculosis

(Medical Xpress) -- A cheap and safe antibiotic that is widely available in the developing world might have a new use as a tuberculosis (TB) treatment, according to new research.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers develop new method for creating tissue engineering scaffolds

Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a new method for creating scaffolds for tissue engineering applications, providing an alternative that is more flexible and less time-intensive than current technology.

Medical research created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers publish new findings on aging pediatric bruises

A multi-university research group which includes several University of Notre Dame faculty and graduate students, has recently published a paper detailing new work on the analysis and dating of human bruises. The research, ...

Medical research created Jan 26, 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

The big picture: Long-term imaging reveals intriguing patterns of human brain maturation

Neuroimaging has provided fascinating insight into the dynamic nature of human brain maturation. However, most studies of developmental changes in brain anatomy have considered individual locations in relative isolation from ...

Neuroscience created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Researchers use a 3D printer to make bone-like material (w/ video)

It looks like bone. It feels like bone. For the most part, it acts like bone. And it came off an inkjet printer.

Medical research created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Body rebuilding: Researchers regenerate muscle in mice

A team of scientists from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and CellThera, a private company located in WPI's Life Sciences and Bioengineering Center, have regenerated functional muscle tissue in mice, opening the door ...

Medical research created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Integrated 3-D imaging facilitates human face transplantation

By combining conventional medical imaging with some of the same 3-D modeling techniques used in Hollywood blockbusters, researchers are offering new hope to victims of serious facial injuries. Results of a new study on human ...

Other created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Breakthrough could speed drug discovery

(Medical Xpress) -- Innovative technology being pioneered at Cardiff to speed up the discovery of new drugs to tackle lung diseases could also dramatically reduce testing on animals.

Medical research created Nov 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

No need to shrink guts to have a larger brain

Brain tissue is a major consumer of energy in the body. If an animal species evolves a larger brain than its ancestors, the increased need for energy can be met by either obtaining additional sources of food or by a trade-off ...

Neuroscience created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Our brains are made of the same stuff, despite DNA differences

Despite vast differences in the genetic code across individuals and ethnicities, the human brain shows a "consistent molecular architecture," say researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health. ...

Genetics created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Mechanical stress can help or hinder wound healing depending on time of application

A new study demonstrates that mechanical forces affect the growth and remodeling of blood vessels during tissue regeneration and wound healing. The forces diminish or enhance the vascularization process and ...

Medical research created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

By reprogramming skin cells into brain cells, scientists gain new insights into mental disorders

For many poorly understood mental disorders, such as schizophrenia or autism, scientists have wished they could uncover what goes wrong inside the brain before damage ensues.

Medical research created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Melatonin delays onset, reduces deaths in mouse model of Huntington's disease

Melatonin, best known for its role in sleep regulation, delayed the onset of symptoms and reduced mortality in a mouse model of Huntington's disease, say researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and ...

Neuroscience created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cell movement provides clues to aggressive breast cancer

Researchers from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a specific molecule that alters how breast cancer cells move. This affects the cells' ability to spread or metastasize to distant parts ...

Cancer created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast