News tagged with intestinal cells
Related topics: bacteria , colon cancer
Common parasite uncovers key cause of Crohn's
(PhysOrg.com) -- Immune systems have their sinister side, especially when they have not learned how hard to fight. Crohn's disease and other inflammatory bowel diseases inflict more than a million Americans ...
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Feb 23, 2011 |
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Fruit fly intestine may hold secret to the fountain of youth
One of the few reliable ways to extend an organism's lifespan, be it a fruit fly or a mouse, is to restrict calorie intake. Now, a new study in fruit flies is helping to explain why such minimal diets are ...
Nov 02, 2011 |
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Scientists unlock one mystery of tissue regeneration
Researchers at the University of Rochester have now identified a genetic switch that controls oxidative stress in stem cells and thus governs stem cell function.
Feb 03, 2011 |
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You are not what you eat
The types of gut bacteria that populate the guts of primates depend on the species of the host as well as where the host lives and what they eat. A study led by Howard Ochman at Yale University examines the gut microbial ...
Nov 16, 2010 |
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Ancient Chinese herbal recipe eases side effects of chemotherapy
A combination of Chinese herbs in use for more than 1,800 years reduced the gastrointestinal side effects of chemotherapy in mice, while actually enhancing the effects of the cancer treatment, Yale University researchers ...
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Aug 18, 2010 |
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Stem cells turned into complex, functioning intestinal tissue in lab
For the first time, scientists have created functioning human intestinal tissue in the laboratory from pluripotent stem cells.
Dec 12, 2010 |
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Fighting cancer with light
Gloria Correa has tried all the standard weapons in her war against cancer: chemotherapy, radiation, and finally surgery.
Jan 29, 2010 |
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'Dawning of a new age' in bacteria research
Lowly bacteria are turning out to be much more complex than previously thought.
Jul 12, 2010 |
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Artificial intestine helps fight bad gut bacteria
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell professor John March is attempting to transform bacteria in our gut into disease-fighting machines. Now, thanks to two members of his research team, he has a powerful new tool to help ...
Feb 24, 2011 |
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Overweight? Get someone else's gut bacteria
People who are overweight may have different gut bacteria from those in their slender fellow human beings. This is the contention of Willem de Vos, professor of Microbiology at Wageningen University, The Netherlands, in his ...
Mar 18, 2011 |
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Unusual bacteria help balance the immune system in mice
Medical researchers have long suspected that obscure bacteria living within the intestinal tract may help keep the human immune system in balance. An international collaboration co-led by scientists at NYU ...
Oct 15, 2009 |
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In a first, key pancreatic cells inserted in wounded airman's liver
In what medical officials say is a first, the bullet-scarred pancreas from a service member who was shot in Afghanistan was flown from Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington to the University of Miami, where insulin-producing ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 17, 2009 |
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Genes, environment, or chance?
Biologists attribute variations among individual organisms to differences in genes or environment, or both. But a new study of nematode worms with identical genes, raised in identical environments, has revealed ...
Feb 18, 2010 |
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Intriguing viral link to intestinal cancer in mice
More than 50% of adults in the United States test positive for human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection.
Oct 11, 2010 |
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Researchers propose novel theory for mammalian stem cell regulation
Linheng Li, Ph.D., Investigator, together with Hans Clevers, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the Hubrecht Institute in Utrecht, Netherlands, co-authored a prospective review published today by the journal Science that proposes a mode ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 29, 2010 |
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