News tagged with vasculature

HSP-90 and vasoregulation in portal hypertension

A research team from Germany investigated the role of heat shock protein-90 (HSP-90) in neuronal NO-synthase (nNOS)-function and vasoregulation in the mesenteric vasculature. Their results showed that interaction and co-localization ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 20, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bioengineered materials promote the growth of functional vasculature, new study shows

Regenerative medicine therapies often require the growth of functional, stable blood vessels at the site of an injury. Using synthetic polymers called hydrogels, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Measuring and modeling blood flow in malaria

When people have malaria, they are infected with Plasmodium parasites, which enter the body from the saliva of a mosquito, infect cells in the liver, and then spread to red blood cells. Inside the blood cells, the parasites ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0