News tagged with liver regeneration

A new way to make reprogrammed stem cells

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have devised a totally new and far more efficient way of generating induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), immature cells that are able to ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

1 tale told is 2 tails gained: Anoles key to medically applicable regeneration?

Arizona State University professor Kenro Kusumi, with Anolis lizard tail in hand, may hold the most likely key to unlock the secrets of medically applicable regeneration.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Specialized blood vessels jumpstart and sustain liver regeneration

The liver's unique ability among organs to regenerate itself has been little understood. Now Weill Cornell Medical College scientists have shed light on how the liver restores itself by demonstrating that endothelial cells ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Lower tacrolimus doses is suitable for living donor liver transplantation with small-for-size graft

Several studies have shown that living donor liver transplant (LDLT) recipients required smaller doses of tacrolimus compared with deceased donor liver transplant (DDLT) patients, which indicated that liver regeneration could ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

What is the role of the omentum in regenerating the liver?

In their recent work to be published on March 7, 2009 in the World Journal of Gastroenterology, Dr. Singh and his colleagues from the Cook County Hospital in Chicago (USA) first activated the omentum using a foreign body t ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1