Medications
Cancer drug may also work for scleroderma
A drug used to treat cancer may also be effective in diseases that cause scarring of the internal organs or skin, such as pulmonary fibrosis or scleroderma.
Sep 22, 2011
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Cardiology
Study: Preventive use of one form of natural vitamin E may reduce stroke damage
Ten weeks of preventive supplementation with a natural form of vitamin E called tocotrienol in dogs that later had strokes reduced overall brain tissue damage, prevented loss of neural connections and helped sustain blood ...
Jul 5, 2011
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Medical research
New study identifies new potential approaches to treat myelofibrosis
(Medical Xpress) -- A new study conducted by a team of researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) sheds light on a possible new approach to treat the bone marrow disease known as myelofibrosis by inhibiting ...
Jun 23, 2011
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Medical research
New research provides clues on why hair turns gray
A new study by researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center has shown that, for the first time, Wnt signaling, already known to control many biological processes, between hair follicles and melanocyte stem cells can dictate ...
Jun 14, 2011
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Medical research
Short-term, high-fat consumption may be beneficial to the heart
Approximately one million Americans suffer a heart attack each year of which some 400,000 attacks are fatal. A key cause of heart attacks is atherosclerosis, a process in which cholesterol builds up in the arteries and impedes ...
Apr 13, 2011
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Oncology & Cancer
Destroying cancer cells with non-surgical ultrasound treatment
Focusing ultrasound energy on a target site in the body to generate heat can incinerate and destroy the tissue at the site without a surgical procedure. This method is clinically applied to treat uterine fibroids, prostatic ...
Oct 26, 2020
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Medical research
Animal models in regenerative medicine in upcoming special issue of tissue engineering
Novel approaches to tissue engineering and regenerative medicine are first evaluated and optimized in animal models before making the leap to clinical testing in human subjects. For many of these innovative new techniques ...
Oct 24, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Hacking into normality: Gerard Evan
Currently Sir William Dunn Professor at the University of Cambridge, Gerard Evan has focused his research the MYC oncogene. His lab has recently started working on pancreatic and lung cancer, drawn in part by the excellent ...
Jun 21, 2017
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Medical research
Mathematical models for healing burns
Daniël Koppenol, together with Fred Vermolen (both TU Delft), has developed various mathematical models to simulate the healing of wounds, in particular burns, with the aim of improving healing. As Vermolen points out, collaboration ...
Jun 15, 2017
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Medical research
Evaluating tissue response to biomaterials with a new bone-implant interaction model
To understand the molecular mechanisms involved in the interaction of bone with orthopedic implants comprised of novel biomaterials, researchers have made a mouse model in which they can assess early tissue responses to surfaces ...
Jan 5, 2017
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