News tagged with tissue culture
Engineers use droplet microfluidics to create glucose-sensing microbeads
Tiny beads may act as minimally invasive glucose sensors for a variety of applications in cell culture systems and tissue engineering
May 18, 2012 |
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New method makes culture of complex tissue possible in any lab
Scientists at the University of California, San Diego have developed a new method for making scaffolds for culturing tissue in three-dimensional arrangements that mimic those in the body. This advance, published online in ...
Feb 09, 2012 |
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A heart of gold: Better tissue repair after heart attack (Update)
A team of researchers at MIT and Children’s Hospital Boston has built cardiac patches studded with tiny gold wires that could be used to create pieces of tissue whose cells all beat in time, mimicking ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 25, 2011 |
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New discovery may eliminate potentially lethal side effect of stem cell therapy
Like fine chefs, scientists are seemingly approaching a day when they will be able to make nearly any type of tissue from human embryonic stem cells. You need nerves or pancreas, bone or skin? With the right combination of ...
Aug 14, 2011 |
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Preserving a world favourite flavor
(PhysOrg.com) -- It’s one of the world’s two best-loved flavors and demand for it is increasing all the time but now its future in the global food industry could be more secure, thanks to research ...
Apr 15, 2011 |
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Needle-in-a-haystack search identifies potential brain disease drug
Scientists who examined more than 10,000 chemical compounds during the last year in search of potential new drugs for a group of untreatable brain diseases, are reporting that one substance shows unusual promise. The early ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 23, 2011 |
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Meat-lovers get food for thought in futuristic US lab
A 21st century American cowboy will resemble a worker in a hi-tech plant creating artificial meat in a petri dish, a far cry from cattle ranches, says biologist Vladimir Mironov.
Feb 15, 2011 |
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Stanford researchers first to turn normal cells into 3-D cancers in tissue culture dishes
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have successfully transformed normal human tissue into three-dimensional cancers in a tissue culture dish for the first time. Watching how the cells behave as they ...
Nov 21, 2010 |
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Stress before cancer therapy could help deadly cells survive treatment, lead to disease recurrence
Patients who experience physical or psychological stress - including rigorous exercise - one or two days before a cancer treatment might be unknowingly sabotaging their therapy, new research suggests.
Sep 21, 2010 |
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Scientists develop new way to grow adult stem cells in culture
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have developed a technique they believe will help scientists overcome a major hurdle to the use of adult stem cells for treating muscular dystrophy and other muscle-wasting ...
Jul 15, 2010 |
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A 'fat forward' research tool: Microscope-based cell scanner speeds research into fat-busting drugs
Anglers rely on fish finders to help them locate the big catch. Now Tel Aviv University researchers in tissue engineering have developed a "fat finder" that can help scientists accelerate their research into new fat-melting ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
May 06, 2010 |
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New technology aims to repair the after-effects of gum disease
Advances in tissue engineering are offering the promise of being able to restore lost bone and gum tissue following periodontal disease.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 01, 2010 |
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Naturally occurring lipid blocks RSV infection in lungs
Researchers at National Jewish Health have discovered that a naturally occurring lipid in the lung can prevent RSV infection and inhibit spread of the virus after an infection is established. RSV is the major cause of hospitalization ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 21, 2009 |
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Pork meat grown in the laboratory
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from Eindhoven University in The Netherlands have for the first time grown pork meat in the laboratory by extracting cells from a live pig and growing them in a petri dish.
Dec 01, 2009 |
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Researchers Study Effect of Cinnamon Compounds on Brain Cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cell-culture studies looking into how compounds in cinnamon extract affect brain cells are being conducted by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists. The researchers have reported ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 10, 2009 |
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