News tagged with connective tissue
A new way to assemble cells into 3-D microtissues
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory can now control how cells connect with one another in vitro and assemble themselves into three-dimensional, multicellular ...
Mar 05, 2009 |
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Misplaced metamorphosis: Researchers identify source of cells that spur aberrant bone growth
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the University of Connecticut have pinpointed the source of immature cells that spur misplaced bone growth. Unexpectedly, the major repository ...
Mar 03, 2009 |
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The Medical Minute: Putting the freeze on abnormal heart beats
(PhysOrg.com) -- In some people, the heart has a tendency to race due to abnormal electrical signals that tell the heart muscle when to contract. Abnormal electrical activation of the heart with changes in the rate or regular ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 25, 2009 |
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Tumor suppressor may attenuate fibrotic disease
New research reveals a critical cellular signaling pathway that is responsible for generating excess connective tissue in multiple organs, similar to what is seen in human patients with scleroderma. The study, published by ...
Biology /
Feb 17, 2009 |
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