News tagged with tissue growth
New studies explain how cancer cells 'eat us alive'
Four key studies now propose a new theory about how cancer cells grow and survive, allowing researchers to design better diagnostics and therapies to target high-risk cancer patients. These studies were conducted by a large ...
Sep 01, 2010 |
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Technique triggers rapid regrowth in damaged bone (Update)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine being able to re-grow a broken bone three times more quickly than normal. (Harry Potter fans? Think Skele-gro.) That’s just what researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 29, 2010 |
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Paired drugs kill precancerous colon polyps, spare normal tissue
A two-drug combination destroys precancerous colon polyps with no effect on normal tissue, opening a new potential avenue for chemoprevention of colon cancer, a team of scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson ...
Mar 28, 2010 |
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Progress Toward Artificial Tissue?
(PhysOrg.com) -- For modern implants and the growth of artificial tissue and organs, it is important to generate materials with characteristics that closely emulate nature.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 15, 2009 |
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Research carries cautionary warning for future stem cell applications
Research work carried out at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem arouses a cautionary warning in the growing field of the development of stem cells as a means for future treatment of patients through replacement ...
Nov 22, 2010 |
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Study finds link between low oxygen levels in body and cancer-aiding protein
What began as research into how diabetics could possibly preserve their eyesight has led to findings that could prolong the vision of children afflicted with retinoblastoma.
Mar 09, 2010 |
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Scientists present first model of how buds grow into leaves
Leaves come in all shapes and sizes. Scientists have discovered simple rules that control leaf shape during growth. Using this 'recipe', they have developed the first computer model able to accurately emulate ...
Mar 01, 2012 |
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Dutch researchers develop smart biomaterial that triggers bone growth
Researchers from University of Twente's MIRA research institute and its spin-off business Progentix Orthobiology BV have developed a biomaterial that promotes the formation of bone tissue. It can be used to ...
Aug 30, 2010 |
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Popping the Cork on Biofuel Agriculture
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have identified a novel enzyme responsible for the formation of suberin -- the woody, waxy, cell-wall substance ...
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Tissue structure delays cancer development
Cancer growth normally follows a lengthy period of development. Over the course of time, genetic mutations often accumulate in cells, leading first to pre-cancerous conditions and ultimately to tumour growth. Using a mathematical ...
Dec 19, 2011 |
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Misplaced metamorphosis: Researchers identify source of cells that spur aberrant bone growth
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the University of Connecticut have pinpointed the source of immature cells that spur misplaced bone growth. Unexpectedly, the major repository ...
Mar 03, 2009 |
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Pressure testing tiny cell samples
A collaboration of French and Canadian researchers have found that sucking a portion of a spherical globule of cells into a tiny pipette provides information about the adhesion between cells and the elastic ...
May 25, 2010 |
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Capillary formation’s mechanical determinants: One growth factor can have many effects
(PhysOrg.com) -- Harvard researchers have established a link between the growth of blood vessels and the mechanical stresses caused by the environment within which the vessels grow, a new understanding that ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 09, 2009 |
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Research could treat infant tumours
Research by Victoria University PhD graduate Anasuya Vishvanath into infantile haemangioma, or strawberry birthmarks, suggests that stem cells play an important role in the growth of these common infant tumours.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 09, 2009 |
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Study of human tissue reveals potential colon cancer biomarker
Cincinnati scientists have identified a new biomarker that could help predict a person's risk of developing colon cancer and how aggressive it may become.
Jan 16, 2009 |
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