News tagged with vascular wall

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

New findings highlight the role of endothelial cell activation in children with cerebral malaria

Researchers have identified a novel pathway that may contribute to the high mortality associated with severe malaria in sub-Saharan African children. The study, published March 20 in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens, report ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new measure for the malignancy of melanoma

Every tumor, starting from a size of a few millimeters, depends on a supply of nutrients and oxygen. Therefore, using special growth factors, it induces vascular wall cells of neighboring blood vessels to sprout new capillaries ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0