News tagged with fibroblasts
Cells on the move
Cells on the move reach forward with lamellipodia and filopodia, cytoplasmic sheets and rods supported by branched networks or tight bundles of actin filaments. Cells without functional lamellipodia are still ...
Apr 09, 2012 |
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Study demonstrates cells can acquire new functions through transcriptional regulatory network
Researchers at the RIKEN Omics Science Center (OSC) have successfully developed and demonstrated a new experimental technique for producing cells with specific functions through the artificial reconstruction of transcriptional ...
Mar 14, 2012 |
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Rearranging the cell's skeleton: Small molecules at the cell's membrane enable cell movement
Cell biologists at Johns Hopkins have identified key steps in how certain molecules alter a cell's skeletal shape and drive the cell's movement.
Feb 02, 2012 |
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Detecting molecules on skin
NPL is developing a state-of-the-art technique called 'ambient surface mass spectrometry' that can quickly detect small molecules on the surface of the skin and could benefit the $250 billion a year personal ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Sep 07, 2011 |
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US approves cell therapy injection for wrinkles
US regulators have approved a new type of therapy that uses a person's own skin cells to create an injectable cosmetic plumper to smooth out laugh lines, Fibrocell Science said Wednesday.
Jun 22, 2011 |
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Protein associated with allergic response causes airway changes in asthma patients
Changes that occur in the airways of asthma patients are in part caused by the naturally occurring protein interleukin-13 (IL-13) which stimulates invasion of airway cells called fibroblasts, according to a study conducted ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 22, 2011 |
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Modeling retinitis pigmentosa with iPS cells
Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a cluster of genetically determined eye disorders that cause visual defects such as night blindness and narrowing of the field of vision, due to progressive loss of rod photoreceptors. ...
Mar 09, 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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New study upends thinking about how liver disease develops
In the latest of a series of related papers, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues in Austria and elsewhere, present a new and more definitive explanation of how fibrotic ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 20, 2010 |
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Wake-up call: Researchers find sleepy fibroblasts are quite lively
A surprising level of activity discovered in "sleepy" cells throughout the human body could be a key to good health.
Oct 20, 2010 |
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Expression of certain transporter proteins may predict resistance to drug therapy
The expression of a transporter protein called the Breast Cancer Resistance Protein (BCRP) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients may indicate higher disease activity and could be a barrier to the effectiveness of disease-modifying ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 18, 2010 |
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Researchers discover mechanism that limits scar formation
Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago have discovered that an unexpected cellular response plays an important role in breaking down and inhibiting the formation of excess scar tissue in wound healing.
Jun 10, 2010 |
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New technology aims to repair the after-effects of gum disease
Advances in tissue engineering are offering the promise of being able to restore lost bone and gum tissue following periodontal disease.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 01, 2010 |
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Veterinary scientists find way of killing equine sarcoid tumour cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- Veterinary researchers at the University of Glasgow have succeeded in killing equine sarcoid cells by silencing genes in the virus which cause tumours on horses.
Jan 14, 2010 |
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New platinum compound shows promise in tumor cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT chemists have developed a new platinum compound that is as powerful as the commonly used anticancer drug cisplatin but better able to destroy tumor cells.
Dec 07, 2009 |
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Fibroblast
A fibroblast is a type of cell that synthesizes the extracellular matrix and collagen, the structural framework (stroma) for animal tissues, and plays a critical role in wound healing. Fibroblasts are the most common cells of connective tissue in animals.
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