News tagged with muscle regeneration
How muscle develops: A dance of cellular skeletons
Revealing another part of the story of muscle development, Johns Hopkins researchers have shown how the cytoskeleton from one muscle cell builds finger-like projections that invade into another muscle cell's territory, eventually ...
Jun 04, 2011 |
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Zebrafish regrow fins using multiple cell types, not identical stem cells
What does it take to regenerate a limb? Biologists have long thought that organ regeneration in animals like zebrafish and salamanders involved stem cells that can generate any tissue in the body. But new ...
May 16, 2011 |
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Designed biomaterials mimicking biology: Potential scaffold for muscle regeneration
Engineered artificial proteins that mimic the elastic properties of muscles in living organisms are the subject of an article in Nature magazine to be released May 6.
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May 05, 2010 |
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From fruit fly wings to heart failure -- why Not(ch)?
Almost a century after it was discovered in fruit flies with notches in their wings, the Notch signalling pathway may come to play an important role in the recovery from heart attacks. In a study published ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 10, 2009 |
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Supportive materials will help regenerate heart tissue (w/ Video)
Bioengineers from University of California, San Diego are developing new regenerative therapies for heart disease. The work could influence the way in which regenerative therapies for cardiovascular and other diseases are ...
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Dec 08, 2009 |
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Scientists discover new way to enhance stem cells to stimulate muscle regeneration
Scientists at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) and the University of Ottawa have discovered a powerful new way to stimulate muscle regeneration, paving the way for new treatments for debilitating conditions such ...
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Jun 04, 2009 |
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Zebrafish offer clues to treatments for motor neurone disease
Tiny zebrafish could hold the key to stem cell treatments for motor neurone disease.
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Apr 29, 2009 |
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