Medications
Study shows that VEGF-A can increase expression of dopamine D2 receptors on endothelial cells
Researchers have identified a new molecular drug target that could result in new cancer drugs with fewer side effects.
May 20, 2022
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News tagged with growth factor
Surgery
Repairing tendons with silk proteins
Just mentioning a ruptured Achilles tendon would make anyone wince. Tendon injuries are well known for their lengthy, difficult and often incomplete healing processes. Sudden or repetitive motion, experienced by athletes ...
May 3, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Gene mutations that contribute to head and neck cancer also provide 'precision' treatment targets
About one-fifth of often deadly head and neck cancers harbor genetic mutations in a pathway that is key to normal cell growth, and scientists report those mutations, which enable abnormal cancer cell growth, can also make ...
Apr 28, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Lab findings suggest EGFR inhibitors may prevent rhabdomyosarcoma recurrence
Rhabdomyosarcoma is a type of soft tissue cancer. Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital studied the population of cells that persists after therapy, causing rhabdomyosarcoma recurrence. They found that these ...
Apr 27, 2022
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Diabetes
New evidence of how exercise can counter diabetes damage
One way exercise can counter the damage of diabetes is by enabling activation of a natural system we have to grow new blood vessels when existing ones are ravaged by this disease, scientists report.
Apr 26, 2022
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Medications
Dual delivery of BMP2 and IGF1 promotes cranial bone defect healing
A new dual delivery system designed to sequentially release BMP2 and IGF1 in microparticles in an injectable hydrogel successfully healed an 8-mm cranial defect in rats. The study design and results are reported in the peer-reviewed ...
Apr 21, 2022
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Genetics
Bioprinting for bone repair improved with gene therapy
Given enough time and energy, the body will heal, but when doctors or engineers intervene, the processes do not always proceed as planned because chemicals that control and facilitate the healing process are missing. Now, ...
Apr 12, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Epigenetic regulator explains why some lung cancer patients become resistant to common therapeutics
Doctors typically treat people with non-small cell lung cancer, a prevalent and typically incurable type of cancer that makes up 80%-85% of lung cancers, with tyrosine kinase inhibitors, specifically epidermal growth factor ...
Apr 12, 2022
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Medical research
Specialized liver blood vessel identity factor required for regeneration
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have identified a key protein that induces the program to build specialized liver blood vessels. The discovery could lead to engineered replacement hepatic tissue to treat common liver ...
Mar 31, 2022
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Neuroscience
Alzheimer's leads to changes in the small blood vessels in the brain
If the blood supply to your brain decreases, it can trigger Alzheimer's disease. Scientists at UiO wanted to find out whether this leads to more or fewer blood vessels and what role one particular protein plays in such a ...
Mar 29, 2022
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