News tagged with vascular tissue

New 'nanoburrs' could add to arsenal of therapies against heart disease

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at MIT and Harvard Medical School have built targeted nanoparticles that can cling to artery walls and slowly release medicine, an advance that potentially provides an alternative ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jan 18, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Human origins traced to worm fossil in Canada

(PhysOrg.com) -- Most primitive known vertebrate and therefore the ancestor of all descendant vertebrates, including humans, discovered.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (23) | comments 18 | with audio podcast

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

Enzyme helps prepare lung tissue for metastatic development

A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) study has identified a new role for an important enzyme in preparing lung tissue for the development of metastases. Published in the early edition of Proceedings of the National Ac ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers develop functional, transplantable rat liver grafts

A team led by researchers from the Center for Engineering in Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has developed a technique that someday may allow growth of transplantable replacement livers. In their report ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jun 13, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study describes how space flight impacts astronauts' eyes and vision

A new study sponsored by NASA finds that space flights lasting six months or more can cause a spectrum of changes in astronauts' visual systems. Some problems, including blurry vision, appear to persist long after astronauts' ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers discover how plants control the formation of wood cells

An international research group headed by Professor and Research Director Yrjo Helariutta has discovered the genetic process that controls the development of wood cells in the roots of plants. Wood is the vascular tissue ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists make advance in dementia research

The preservation of a protein found in particular synapses in the brain plays a key role in protecting against vascular dementia after a stroke, say researchers at King's College London.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study reveals major genetic differences between blood and tissue cells

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research by a group of Montreal scientists calls into question one of the most basic assumptions of human genetics: that when it comes to DNA, every cell in the body is essentially identical ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists seek to improve heart attack recovery

Scientists at the University of Connecticut Health Center are using stem cell technology to replenish damaged cells that result from a heart attack.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 16, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New study finds shock-wave therapy for unhealed fractured bones

When fractured bones fail to heal, a serious complication referred to as "nonunion" can develop. This occurs when the process of bone healing is interrupted or stalled. According to a new study published in the November ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New device detects heart disease using less than one drop of blood

Testing people for heart disease might be just a finger prick away thanks to a new credit card-sized device created by a team of researchers from Harvard and Northeastern universities in Boston. In a research report published ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0