News tagged with kidney tissue
'Jekyll and Hyde' cell may hold key to muscular dystrophy, fibrosis treatment
A team of University of British Columbia researchers has identified fat-producing cells that possess "dual-personalities" and may further the development of treatments for muscle diseases such as muscular dystrophy and fibrosis.
Jan 18, 2010 |
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3D printing for new tissues and organs
A more effective way to build plastic scaffolds on which new tissues and even whole organs might be grown in the laboratory is being developed by an international collaboration between teams in Portugal and the UK.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jun 18, 2009 |
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Blood vessels made from patients' cells
(AP) -- Scientists have grown blood vessels for kidney patients from their own cells, making it easier and safer for them to use dialysis machines, a new study says.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 24, 2009 |
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Water channels in the body help cells remain in balance
microscopical water channels are also present in the cells of the body, where they ensure that water can be transported through the protective surface of the cell. Scientists at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have ...
Oct 11, 2011 |
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Stem cell transplants help kidney damage
Transplanting autologous renal progenitor cells (RPCs), (kidney stem cells derived from self-donors), into rat models with kidney damage from pyelonephritis - a type of urinary infection that has reached the kidney - has ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 14, 2011 |
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Limiting blood flow interruption during kidney surgery avoids chronic kidney disease
Interrupting the blood flow for more than 20 to 25 minutes during kidney cancer surgery leads to a greater risk for patients developing chronic kidney disease, a Mayo Clinic and Cleveland Clinic collaborative research team ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 11, 2010 |
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Researchers find chronic injury in kidneys of healthy adults
Mayo Clinic researchers have found that the kidneys of healthy adults show signs of chronic mild injury that increase with age. This damage is present even though the adults showed no clinical signs of kidney disease. The ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 03, 2010 |
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Gene linked with human kidney aging
A gene has been associated with human kidney aging, according to researchers from Stanford University, the National Institute on Aging, the MedStar Research Institute, and the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. In work ...
Oct 16, 2009 |
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Roadkill study could speed detection of kidney cancer
Large-scale data mining of gene networks in fruit flies has led researchers to a sensitive and specific diagnostic biomarker for human renal cell carcinoma, the most common type of kidney cancer. In the journal ...
Jan 27, 2009 |
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Gene variation among kidney donors associated with graft failure
Among kidney transplant donors, variation of a gene that is an inhibitor of the development of fibrous connective tissue is significantly associated with an increased risk of graft failure, according to a study in the April ...
Apr 06, 2010 |
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New guidelines for treating complicated skin and soft tissue infections
New evidence-based recommendations developed by the Surgical Infection Society to guide physicians in the diagnosis and management of complicated skin and soft tissue infections have been published in Surgical Infections.
Dec 02, 2009 |
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Mount Sinai leads unprecedented attempt to discover rules for assembling human tissue
Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine and two other academic institutions have received federal funding to systematically assemble functional human kidney tissue from tissue modeled on a computer. If successful, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 24, 2009 |
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Study shows new approach to prevent antibody-mediated damage in kidney transplants
Early results from a Mayo Clinic research study demonstrate the effectiveness of a new approach to blocking an important part of the immune system that causes severe damage to some kidney transplants. Historically, these ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Finding will improve accuracy of cancer diagnosis
Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) investigators working in collaboration with Cleveland Clinic researchers have determined that two types of kidney tumors previously thought to be different diseases are actually variations ...
Apr 29, 2009 |
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