Guided by insights into how mice recover after H1N1 flu, researchers at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, together with researchers at A*STAR of Singapore, have cloned three distinct stem cells from ...
Oct 27, 2011
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An age-related decline in recovery from muscle injury can be traced to a protein that suppresses the special ability of muscle stem cells to build new muscles, according to work from a team of current and former Carnegie ...
Sep 30, 2019
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Dynamic networks that specialize in the transmission of information generally consist of multiple components, including not only primary processors, like computers, for example, but also numerous support applications and ...
Sep 16, 2020
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When central nervous system cells in the brain and spine are damaged by disease or injury, they fail to regenerate, limiting the body's ability to recover. In contrast, peripheral nerve cells that serve most other areas of ...
Mar 2, 2021
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Using geriatric mice, a Johns Hopkins research team has shown that losartan, a commonly used blood pressure drug, not only improves regeneration of injured muscle but also protects against its wasting away from inactivity.
May 11, 2011
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The peripheral nervous system is a vast network of nerves that exists primarily outside of brain and spinal cord and connects to the far reaches of the body. The very expanse of peripheral nerves makes them highly vulnerable ...
Jan 5, 2016
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Researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) have developed a novel technique to promote tissue repair in damaged muscles. The technique also creates a sustainable pool of muscle stem cells ...
Sep 7, 2014
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After acute inflammation, the body typically returns to homeostasis, a process that involves specialized pro-resolving mediators (SPMs), molecules that help resolve inflammation. In some cases, however, chronic inflammation ...
Dec 21, 2021
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Researchers have identified a new and relatively abundant pool of stem cells in the heart. The findings in the December issue of Cell Stem Cell, a Cell Press publication, show that these heart cells have the capacity for ...
Dec 1, 2011
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Researchers have for the first time recorded how cells of the epidermis behave during the regrowth of adult limbs after amputation.
Oct 25, 2016
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