News tagged with cartilage cells
Mechanical properties of stem cells can foretell what they will become
To become better healers, tissue engineering need a timely and reliable way to obtain enough raw materials: cells that either already are or can become the tissue they need to build. In a new study, Brown ...
May 21, 2012 |
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A protein that regulates fat cell production and cell division
Swiss scientists have teased out the role that a protein known as SMRT plays in regulating the production of fat cells. And in the process, they made another, unexpected discovery; this protein also plays ...
Apr 23, 2012 |
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Shaping up: Controlling a stem cell's form can determine its fate
"Form follows function!" was the credo of early 20th century architects making design choices based on the intended use of the structure. Cell biologists may be turning that on its head. New research by a ...
Sep 13, 2011 |
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New method to grow synthetic collagen unveiled
In a significant advance for cosmetic and reconstructive medicine, scientists at Rice University have unveiled a new method for making synthetic collagen. The new material, which forms from a liquid in as ...
Sep 08, 2011 |
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Penn scientists develop a new way to re-grow cartilage
Every day the world over, runners hit the streets, pounding the pavement. Their knees are taking a pounding, too.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 26, 2011 |
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Researchers inject nanofiber spheres carrying cells into wounds to grow tissue
For the first time, scientists have made star-shaped, biodegradable polymers that can self-assemble into hollow, nanofiber spheres, and when the spheres are injected with cells into wounds, these spheres biodegrade, ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 17, 2011 |
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Nanomodified surfaces seal leg implants against infection
In recent years, researchers have worked to develop more flexible, functional prosthetics for soldiers returning home from battlefields in Afghanistan or Iraq with missing arms or legs. But even new prosthetics ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Mar 22, 2011 |
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Liquid biomaterials take stem cell therapy to new level
At present, cartilage implants created using stem cells can only be constructed as a solid shape, acting as an interim measure before the almost inevitable need for total joint replacement.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 17, 2011 |
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Ink-jet printers inspire scientists to make skin
Ink-jet printing technology has inspired scientists to look for ways to build sheets of skin that could one day be used for grafts in burn victims, experts said Sunday.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 20, 2011 |
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Ear to the future: Donated cells transform from lab to mouse
Within a Northeast Ohio lab, a hairless mouse is growing an ear from the cells of a Wadsworth, Ohio, preschooler.
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Feb 15, 2011 |
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Study proves protein filament's role in cartilage strength
Research conducted by UC Davis Health System and the Shiley Center for Orthopaedic Research and Education at Scripps Clinic shows how the protein filament vimentin provides healthy cartilage with the mechanical strength and ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 13, 2010 |
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Scientists turn stem cells into cells for cartilage repair
(PhysOrg.com) -- Manchester scientists have turned embryonic stem cells into the cells that produce cartilage, which could be used to repair damaged and diseased joints.
Oct 18, 2010 |
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Hope for arthritis patients in fat tissue
(PhysOrg.com) -- A recent discovery at the University of Arizona College of Medicine -- that adult stem cells collected from fat tissue can be converted to cells that will grow cartilage tissue -- has focused ...
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Sep 03, 2010 |
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The replacement joint of the future, naturally grown
A pioneering study published Online First in the Lancet has shown that failing joints can be replaced with a joint grown naturally using the host's own stem cells. The work paves the way for a future of naturally grown joints ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 28, 2010 |
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Salmon in hot water
Rearing juvenile salmon at the relatively high temperature of 16 C causes skeletal deformities in the fish. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Physiology investigated both the magnitude and mechanisms of thi ...
Jul 05, 2010 |
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