The inner surface of blood vessels is lined by a wafer-thin layer of cells known as the endothelium, which forms a crucial barrier between blood and the surrounding tissue. The single-layered cell structure promotes the exchange ...
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More than 5.7 million Americans live with Alzheimer's disease and that number is projected to triple by 2050. Despite that growing number, there is not yet a cure.
Jan 21, 2021
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Successful weight loss is considered to be an integral part of the therapy for type 2 diabetes. Nevertheless, studies keep appearing that question the importance of losing weight. However, new data from a large-scale observational ...
Jan 21, 2021
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People with diabetes and eye disease have a five-fold increased risk of requiring intubation when hospitalised with COVID-19.
Nov 24, 2020
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An Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation discovery could pave the way for therapies to reverse vision loss common in premature infants and adults.
Oct 5, 2020
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A new technology that allows researchers to peer inside malignant tumors shows that two experimental drugs can normalize aberrant blood vessels, oxygenation, and other aspects of the tumor microenvironment in non-small cell ...
Sep 3, 2020
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NIMS has developed a low-cost self-assembled particle-based injectable gel for promoting blood vessel formation—a regenerative medicine process vital in cell and tissue transplantation. This material may be used as an effective, ...
Sep 1, 2020
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Dr. Abhishek Jain, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Department of Medical Physiology in the College of Medicine, collaborated with researchers from the Departments of Gynecologic Oncology ...
Aug 14, 2020
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A team of researchers led by the University of Adelaide and University of Stuttgart has used 3-D micro-printing to develop the world's smallest, flexible scope for looking inside blood vessels.
Jul 21, 2020
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Through investigating the causes of brain swelling in cerebral malaria—a devastating parasitic disease that is fatal for one in five children—scientists have found a potential new treatment approach that could be safely ...
Jun 25, 2020
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