News tagged with tissue injury

Mechanical properties of stem cells can foretell what they will become

To become better healers, tissue engineering need a timely and reliable way to obtain enough raw materials: cells that either already are or can become the tissue they need to build. In a new study, Brown ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Hyperspectral imaging: Shedding new light on wound healing

(Phys.org) -- Clinicians who treat severe wounds may soon have powerful new diagnostic tools in the form of hyperspectral imaging (HSI) devices, calibrated to new NIST standard reference spectra, which will ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Artificial tissue promotes skin growth in wounds

(PhysOrg.com) -- Victims of third-degree burns and other traumatic injuries endure pain, disfigurement, invasive surgeries and a long time waiting for skin to grow back. Improved tissue grafts designed by ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

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

Study finds weight training safe for pregnant women

Despite decades of doctors' reluctance to recommend weight training to pregnant women, a new University of Georgia study has found that a supervised, low-to-moderate intensity program is safe and beneficial.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

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.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Antioxidant compound shows promising radioprotective properties

Researchers at National Jewish Health have shown that an antioxidant compound can protect against injury to the lungs, gastrointestinal tract and the eye in a mouse model of acute exposure to ionizing radiation.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Doctors work to help Giffords' brain rewire itself

(AP) -- Compared to a sleek new laptop, that three-pound mass of fatty tissue called the brain may not look like much. But when it's injured, it adapts and rewires its circuits in new ways.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists discover that a specific enzyme inhibitor may help control lung inflammation

All of us may be able to breathe a little easier now that scientists from Pennsylvania have found a new therapeutic target for controlling dangerous inflammation in the lungs. A new research report in the January 2011 issue ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Compound derived from curry spice is neuroprotective against stroke and traumatic brain injury

A synthetic derivative of the curry spice turmeric, made by scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, dramatically improves the behavioral and molecular deficits seen in animal models of ischemic stroke and ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Color-changing 'blast badge' detects exposure to explosive shock waves

Mimicking the reflective iridescence of a butterfly's wing, investigators at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have developed a color-changing ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 29, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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

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

Exercise Key to Older Adult Fall Prevention

(PhysOrg.com) -- Being able to stay in their homes and remain independent is a daily struggle for many older adults. As we age we tend to lose our flexibility, our connective tissue tightens and we have prolonged reaction ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 12, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Next decade offers promise for treatment of spinal cord injuries

Although new developments in the management of spinal cord injuries (SCI) are on the horizon, any eventual cure for the condition is more likely to involve a multidisciplinary approach, drawing from expertise in several fields, ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0