News tagged with scars
New plaster enhances wound healing
(Phys.org) -- Swiss researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a plaster that accelerates wound healing and is easily removed from the wound at any time. Burn victims in particular may profit from this invention ...
May 31, 2012 |
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Scientists discover molecular secrets of 2,000-year-old Chinese herbal remedy
For roughly two thousand years, Chinese herbalists have treated Malaria using a root extract, commonly known as Chang Shan, from a type of hydrangea that grows in Tibet and Nepal. More recent studies suggest that halofuginone, ...
Feb 12, 2012 |
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Scientists use silk from the tasar silkworm as a scaffold for heart tissue
(PhysOrg.com) -- Damaged human heart muscle cannot be regenerated. Scar tissue grows in place of the damaged muscle cells. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research in Bad Nauheim ...
Jan 30, 2012 |
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New data shows El MayorCucapah earthquake was simple on surface, complicated at depth
(PhysOrg.com) -- Like scars that remain on the skin long after a wound has healed, earthquake fault lines can be traced on Earth's surface long after their initial rupture. Typically, this line of intersection ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 11, 2011 |
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New imaging tech promising for diagnosing cardiovascular disease, diabetes
Researchers have developed a new type of imaging technology to diagnose cardiovascular disease and other disorders by measuring ultrasound signals from molecules exposed to a fast-pulsing laser.
Jun 09, 2011 |
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Moon's rough 'wrinkles' reveal clues to its past
(PhysOrg.com) -- Written on the moon's weary face are the damages it has endured for the past 4-1/2 billion years. From impact craters to the dark plains of maria left behind by volcanic eruptions, the scars ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 14, 2011 |
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New clues to why nerve cells fail to grow in scar tissue
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study led by researchers at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, has shown how the battle between two competing molecules can determine whether nerve cells ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 04, 2011 |
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Scarred lungs leave trail of beta arrestins
Targeting a family of signaling proteins called beta arrestins may stop the life-threatening scarring and thickening of lungs associated with pulmonary fibrosis, reports a new Science study in mice.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 28, 2011 |
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Molecular muscle: Small parts of a big protein play key roles in building tissues
We all know the adage: A little bit of a good thing can go a long way. Now researchers in London are reporting that might also be true for a large protein associated with wound healing.
Mar 23, 2011 |
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Heart damage improves, reverses after stem cell injections in a preliminary human trial
Researchers have shown for the first time that stem cells injected into enlarged hearts reduced heart size, reduced scar tissue and improved function to injured heart areas, according to a small trial published in Circulation Re ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 17, 2011 |
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ATS issues joint statement on the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
The American Thoracic Society has released new official clinical guidelines on the diagnosis and management of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The statement replaces ATS guidelines published in 2000, and reviews current ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 17, 2011 |
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Old-growth tree stumps tell the story of fire in the upper Midwest
Researchers have constructed a 226-year history of fire in southern Illinois by looking at fire scars in tree stumps. Their study, the most in-depth fire history reported for the upper Midwest, reveals that ...
Mar 14, 2011 |
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FDA sees possible cancer risk with breast implants
(AP) -- Federal health officials said Wednesday they are investigating a possible link between breast implants and a very rare form of cancer after reviewing a handful of cases reported over the last 13 years.
Jan 26, 2011 |
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Transforming skin cells into cartilage
In this paper, Noriyuki Tsumaki and his team at the Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, used fibroblasts isolated from adult mouse skin, and expressed proteins used to induce pluripotency along with a factor that ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 10, 2011 |
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New test announced for major killer of lung transplant patients
A lung transplant can mean a new chance at life. But many who receive one develop a debilitating, fatal condition that causes scar tissue to build up in the lungs and chokes off the ability to breathe.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
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