News tagged with adult heart

New study makes key finding in stem cell self-renewal

A University of Minnesota-led research team has proposed a mechanism for the control of whether embryonic stem cells continue to proliferate and stay stem cells, or differentiate into adult cells like brain, liver or skin.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Regular moderate alcohol intake has cognitive benefits in older adults

A glass of wine here, a nightcap there - new research out of Wake Forest University School of Medicine suggests that moderate alcohol intake offers long-term cognitive protection and reduces the risk of dementia ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Turning back the cellular clock

Cell reprogramming calls The Curious Case of Benjamin Button to mind.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 29, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Your own stem cells can treat heart disease

The largest national stem cell study for heart disease showed the first evidence that transplanting a potent form of adult stem cells into the heart muscle of subjects with severe angina results in less pain and an improved ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Evidence That Patient's Own Stem Cells Could Treat Their Heart Disease

Preliminary data presented on March 28 as a late-breaking abstract at the American College of Cardiology's 58th annual scientific session from the largest CD34+ adult stem cell study for heart disease has shown the first ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Americans have higher rates of most chronic diseases than same-age counterparts in England

Researchers announced today in the American Journal of Epidemiology that despite the high level of spending on healthcare in the United States compared to England, Americans experience higher rates of chronic disease and ma ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Diabetes becomes a disease of the young

Some people say aiming to look sleek in your swimsuit or wedding duds is the biggest motivator for losing weight. But Mike Durbin's incentive for dropping pounds beats all.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Human stem cells from fat tissue fuse with rat heart cells and beat

If Dr. Doolittle is famous for talking to animals, then here's a story that might make him hold his tongue: According to new research published online in The FASEB Journal, scientists have successfully fused human stem c ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Teen bond overcomes girl's heart transplant fear

(AP) -- Courtney Montgomery's heart was failing fast, but the 16-year-old furiously refused when her doctors, and her mother, urged a transplant.

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 23, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Engineered cells could usher in programmable cell therapies

In work that could jumpstart the promising field of cell therapy, in which cells are transplanted into the body to treat a variety of diseases and tissue defects, researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have engineered ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mayo's 'smart' adult stem cells repair hearts

Mayo Clinic investigators, with Belgian collaborators, have demonstrated that rationally "guided" human adult stem cells can effectively heal, repair and regenerate damaged heart tissue. The findings -- called "landmark work" ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 17, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers attack stem cells that cause colon cancer

Many of the colon cancer cells that form tumors can be killed by genetically short-circuiting the cells' ability to absorb a key nutrient, a new study has found. While the findings are encouraging, the test tube study using ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 28, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Swine flu: 10 things you need to know

(AP) -- Since it first emerged in April, the global swine flu epidemic has sickened more than 1 million Americans and killed about 500. It's also spread around the world, infecting tens of thousands and killing nearly 2,000.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Transplanted adult stem cells provide lasting help to injured hearts

Human adult stem cells injected around the damage caused by a heart attack survived in the heart and improved its pumping efficiency for a year in a mouse model, researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 10, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Insufficient levels of vitamin D puts elderly at increased risk of dying from heart disease

A new study by researchers at the University of Colorado Denver and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) shows vitamin D plays a vital role in reducing the risk of death associated with older age. The research, just published ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0