News tagged with intestinal tissue

Attacking bowel cancer on two fronts

Stem cells in the intestine, which when they mutate can lead to bowel cancers, might also be grown into transplant tissues to combat the effects of those same cancers, the UK National Stem Cell Network (UKNSCN) annual science ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study supports gluten-free diet in potential celiac disease patients

Findings from a new study of 141 adults add to an ongoing medical debate over which patients with symptoms of celiac disease should go on a gluten-free diet. Published in ACS' Journal of Proteome Research, the study conclu ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 15, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Acellular dermal matrix and short bowel syndrome

Short bowel syndrome has puzzled surgeons for a long time and the curative effect are unsatisfactory. In recent years, acellular dermal matrix (ADM) has been used in many fields for tissue regeneration or scarless healing. ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Apr 28, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study says therapeutics for trauma patients may not be effective due to an infection

A Kansas State University study aimed at alleviating intestinal damage in trauma patients digressed to an important finding that could affect medication given to the individuals.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 16, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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

created Jan 29, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Rearrangements of multifunctional genes cause cancer in children and young people

A doctoral thesis presented at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, shows that three genes that lie behind a number of malignant tumour diseases are normally involved in several fundamental processes ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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