News tagged with basement membrane
Rapid, high-definition chemistry with new imaging technique
With intensity a million times brighter than sunlight, a new synchrotron-based imaging technique offers high-resolution pictures of the molecular composition of tissues with unprecedented speed and quality. ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Mar 20, 2011 |
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Cancer's break-in tools possibly identified (w/ Video)
A single cell in a 1-millimeter nematode worm is providing valuable new clues into cancer's deadliest behavior -- its ability to put down roots in new tissues after spreading throughout the body.
Aug 17, 2009 |
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Researchers discover critical rotational motion in cells
In a study that holds major implications for breast cancer research as well as basic cell biology, scientists with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have discovered a rotational motion ...
Jan 26, 2012 |
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Mechanism for repairing bladder infection damage identified
(PhysOrg.com) -- The bladder is a supple, muscular organ with a well-defined task: Store urine and release it at an appropriate time. Unlike its workhorse neighbor, the intestine, it doesn’t need a lot of fussy cell ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 10, 2011 |
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Researchers illuminate laminin's role in cancer formation
Laminin, long thought to be only a structural support protein in the microenvironment of breast and other epithelial tissue, is “famous” for its cross-like shape. However, laminin is far more than ...
Mar 07, 2011 |
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Early investigations promising for detecting metastatic breast cancer cells
Research by engineers and cancer biologists at Virginia Tech indicate that using specific silicon microdevices might provide a new way to screen breast cancer cells' ability to metastasize.
Jan 10, 2011 |
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Stanford researchers first to turn normal cells into 3-D cancers in tissue culture dishes
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have successfully transformed normal human tissue into three-dimensional cancers in a tissue culture dish for the first time. Watching how the cells behave as they ...
Nov 21, 2010 |
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Futuristic Taiwan tower to have floating observatories
(PhysOrg.com) -- A futuristic tower called "Floating Observatories," which resembles a tree trunk with eight floating elevator observatories shaped like leaves, will soon become a major landmark in Taichung, ...
Nov 19, 2010 |
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Antibiotic appears safe for stroke patients and good companion for tPA
An antibiotic appears to be a safe treatment for stroke and a good companion therapy for tPA, the clot buster that is currently the only FDA-approved drug therapy, researchers report.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 13, 2010 |
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Antibiotic may reduce stroke risk and injury in diabetics
A daily dose of an old antibiotic may help diabetics avoid a stroke or at least minimize its damage, Medical College of Georgia researchers report.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 23, 2010 |
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Exposing collagen's double life
(PhysOrg.com) -- Collagen, a type of connective tissue that makes up about 30 percent of the human body, plays many roles. The structural protein is an important component of muscle, skin, bones and cartilage, ...
May 14, 2010 |
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Skeleton key for cancer metastasis
Cancer cells need all three of their cytoskeletons—actin, microtubules, and intermediate filaments—to metastasize, according to a study published online on April 26 in the Journal of Cell Biology.
Apr 26, 2010 |
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