News tagged with fetal cells
New microfluidic device could be used to diagnose and monitor cancer and other diseases
Separating complex mixtures of cells, such as those found in a blood sample, can offer valuable information for diagnosing and treating disease. However, it may be necessary to search through billions of other ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Feb 22, 2012 |
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F. nucleatum enables breaking bond on blood vessels to allow invaders in
A common oral bacteria, Fusobacterium nucleatum, acts like a key to open a door in human blood vessels and leads the way for it and other bacteria like Escherichia coli to invade the body through the blood and make people s ...
Dec 15, 2011 |
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Research in cellular memory
How do fetal cells know what cell types to become? Why do cells in the adult body sometimes forget what they are and develop into cancer cells? These are some of the questions intensively investigated within the research ...
Nov 07, 2011 |
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Cells derived from pluripotent stem cells are developmentally immature
Stem cell researchers at UCLA have discovered that three types of cells derived from human embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells are similar to each other, but are much more developmentally immature than ...
Aug 17, 2011 |
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Researchers find new source of immune cells during pregnancy
UCSF researchers have shown for the first time that the human fetal immune system arises from an entirely different source than the adult immune system, and is more likely to tolerate than fight foreign substances in its ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 16, 2010 |
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Why the biological clock? Study says aging reduces centromere cohesion, disrupts reproduction
University of Pennsylvania biologists studying human reproduction have identified what is likely the major contributing factor to the maternal age-associated increase in aneuploidy, the term for an abnormal ...
Sep 08, 2010 |
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Modulator of fetal hemoglobin switch may target sickle cell disease
A retired but well-preserved mechanism for regulating viruses that has worked its way into the human genome appears to modulate a switch between adult and fetal hemoglobin production, Medical College of Georgia ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 12, 2010 |
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Serotonin solves decades-old mystery in Parkinson's disease
Sudden, uncontrolled movements called dyskinesias—a common side effect of treatment for Parkinson’s disease— are a result of excess serotonin cells in transplanted tissue that trick the brain into releasing ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 30, 2010 |
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Flame retardant linked to altered thyroid hormone levels during pregnancy
Pregnant women with higher blood levels of a common flame retardant had altered thyroid hormone levels, a result that could have implications for fetal health, according to a new study led by researchers at the University ...
Jun 21, 2010 |
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Gene silencing may be responsible for induced pluripotent stem cells' limitations
Scientists may be one step closer to being able to generate any type of cells and tissues from a patient's own cells. In a study that will appear in the journal Nature and is receiving early online release, investigators from t ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 25, 2010 |
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Antifungal medicine shown to slow tumor growth in mice study
(PhysOrg.com) -- A common antifungal medication can slow tumor growth in mice, according to scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The drug, called itraconazole, inhibits a molecular pathway important during ...
Apr 12, 2010 |
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Study identifies factors associated with growth of fetus in first trimester and subsequent outcomes
Factors such as maternal high blood pressure and high hematocrit levels (the proportion of blood that consists of red blood cells) are associated with a greater likelihood of restricted fetal growth during the first trimester, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 09, 2010 |
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New approach to sickle-cell disease shows promise in mice
A new genetic approach to treating sickle cell disease is showing promising results in mice, report researchers from Children's Hospital Boston. By inactivating a gene they previously discovered to be important in the laboratory, ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 07, 2009 |
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Researchers identify gene that spurs deadly brain cancer
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) researchers have identified a new factor that is necessary for the development of many forms of medulloblastoma, the most common type of malignant childhood brain cancer.
Dec 03, 2009 |
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Red grape skin extract could be new treatment for sickle cell disease patients
An extract in red grape skin may be a new treatment for sickle cell disease, Medical College of Georgia researchers say.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 22, 2009 |
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