News tagged with human tissue

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Do salamanders hold the solution to regeneration?

Salamanders' immune systems are key to their remarkable ability to regrow limbs, and could also underpin their ability to regenerate spinal cords, brain tissue and even parts of their hearts, scientists have ...

Medical research created May 20, 2013 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Engineering tissue to rebuild damaged bones and organs

From the chimera in Greek mythology to the sphinx in ancient Egypt, humans have imagined making creatures from pieces of different organisms for millennia.

Medical research created May 15, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Gene identified, responsible for a spectrum of disorders affecting the bones and connective tissue

Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences have identified a gene that when mutated is responsible for a spectrum of disorders affecting the bones and connective tissue. This finding ...

Genetics created May 09, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Genetic variant may explain weight loss post-RYGB surgery

(HealthDay)—A genetic variant associated with weight loss after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery has been identified, according to a study published in the May 2 issue of the American Journal of ...

Genetics created May 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Turning human stem cells into brain cells sheds light on neural development

Medical researchers have manipulated human stem cells into producing types of brain cells known to play important roles in neurodevelopmental disorders such as epilepsy, schizophrenia and autism. The new model cell system ...

Medical research created May 02, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research identifies gene mutations associated with nearsightedness

People have long taken for granted that glasses and contact lenses improve vision for nearsightedness, but the genetic factors behind the common condition have remained blurry. Now researchers at Duke Medicine ...

Genetics created May 02, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Investigating devastating childhood diseases just got easier

Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPScs) from the skin of patients with Dravet syndrome (DS) show Dravet-like functional impairment when they are converted into neurons, finds research in BioMed Central's open ...

Medical research created May 01, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Organovo announces ability to print 3D human liver tissue

(Medical Xpress)—Organovo Holdings, Inc., a company that designs and creates functional human tissue has announced at this year's Experimental Biology Conference that it has developed a 3D printing technique ...

Medical research created Apr 24, 2013 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Repairing articular cartilage defects with an injectable gel engineered with gene modified BMSCs

Researchers at Micro Orthopaedics, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, led by Dr. Ai-xi Yu, have suggested that articular cartilage defects can be repaired by a novel thermo-sensitive injectable hydrogel engineered with ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Apr 23, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists advance understanding of human brown adipose tissue and grow new cells (w/ Video)

Joslin scientists report significant findings about the location, genetic expression and function of human brown adipose tissue (BAT) and the generation of new BAT cells. These findings, which appear in the April 2013 issue ...

Medical research created Apr 22, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Scientists scan the human heart to create digital anatomical library

On April 18th JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments) will publish a new video article by Dr. Paul A Iaizzo demonstrating the anatomical reconstruction of an active human heart. The research uses contrast-computed tomography (C ...

Medical research created Apr 18, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers find some lung cancers linked to common virus

A common virus known to cause cervical and head and neck cancers may also trigger some cases of lung cancer, according to new research presented by Fox Chase Cancer Center at the AACR Annual Meeting 2013 on Wednesday, April ...

Cancer created Apr 10, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cartilage restored using imitation human tissue: End of expensive knee implants in sight

More than one million people in the Netherlands suffer from painful joints. This is due to the wear and tear of cartilage caused by trauma, aging or diseases such as osteoarthritis. Cartilage is the tissue ...

Medical research created Apr 09, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Comprehensive genomic analysis identifies alterations in head and neck cancer that could lead to targeted therapy

Not all head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs) have the same pattern of genomic alterations, but those cancers with certain distinctive patterns could be amenable to specific targeted therapies, according to a researcher ...

Cancer created Apr 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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