News tagged with tissue damage

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Researchers have a natural sidekick that may resolve the antibiotic-resistant bacteria dilemma

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria continue to be a global concern with devastating repercussions, such as increased healthcare costs, potential spread of infections across continents, and prolonged illness.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Lying and sitting more comfortably

(PhysOrg.com) -- Anyone confined to a wheelchair or a bed has to deal with numerous complications. Frequently, they suffer from bedsores or decubitus ulcers as physicians call them. Bony prominences, such ...

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 02, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study shows nanoparticles used as additives in diesel fuels can travel from lungs to liver

Recent studies conducted at Marshall University have demonstrated that nanoparticles of cerium oxide -- common diesel fuel additives used to increase the fuel efficiency of automobile engines -- can travel from the lungs ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Biochemists identify how tissue cells detect and perfect

Scientists have discovered how cells detect tissue damage and modify their repair properties accordingly. The findings, published today [6 October] in the journal Developmental Cell, could open up new opportunities for im ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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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

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Findings on pollution damage to human airways could yield new therapies

Researchers from Duke University Medical Center have identified how nanoparticles from diesel exhaust damage lung airway cells, a finding that could lead to new therapies for people susceptible to airway disease.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Study supports gluten-free diet in potential celiac disease patients

Findings from a new study of 141 adults add to an ongoing medical debate over which patients with symptoms of celiac disease should go on a gluten-free diet. Published in ACS' Journal of Proteome Research, the study conclu ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 15, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Adding face shields to helmets could help avoid blast-induced brain injuries

(PhysOrg.com) -- More than half of all combat-related injuries sustained by U.S. troops are the result of explosions, and many of those involve injuries to the head. According to the U.S. Department of Defense, ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 22, 2010 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (5) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Researcher explores whether fish feel pain

(PhysOrg.com) -- Do fish feel pain? Victoria Braithwaite, Penn State professor of fisheries and biology, has spent decades studying that question. In her recently published book, "Do Fish Feel Pain?" she examines whether ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 16, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Lupus patients: The doctor, nurse and social worker are here to see you

The benefits of collaborative, multidisciplinary care of patients with complex autoimmune diseases like lupus and multiple sclerosis are just beginning to be appreciated by physicians. Hospital for Special Surgery in New ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Nov 09, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Images shed new light on inflammation (w/ Video)

Researchers at the University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine are using an innovative new imaging technique to study how white blood cells (called neutrophils) respond to inflammation, and have revealed new targets to inhibit ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Surprise: Scientists discover that inflammation helps to heal wounds

A new research study published in The FASEB Journal may change how sports injuries involving muscle tissue are treated, as well as how much patient monitoring is necessary when potent anti-inflammatory drugs are prescribed for a ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 04, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (16) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

Team finds cellular structural molecule can be toxic: Makes pneumonia worse

A structural molecule and the cellular pump that regulates its levels influence the severity of pneumonia and could provide new ways of treating the lung infection, which is a leading cause of hospitalization and death, according ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 20, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Tuning into cell signals that tell where sensory organs will form inside the ear

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cell signals guide the anatomical development of hearing and balance structures. These signals disappear early in life, but perhaps could be recharged to restore hearing loss in adults.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 27, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Seeing the world with new eyes: Biosynthetic corneas restore vision in humans

A new study from researchers in Canada and Sweden has shown that biosynthetic corneas can help regenerate and repair damaged eye tissue and improve vision in humans. The results, from an early phase clinical ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 25, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (17) | comments 0 | with audio podcast