News tagged with wound healing

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Study Reveals New Role of Vitamin C in Skin Protection

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have uncovered a new role played by Vitamin C in protecting the skin.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New approach to wound healing may be easy on skin, but hard on bacteria

In a presentation today (Aug. 19) to the American Chemical Society meeting, Ankit Agarwal, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, described an experimental approach to wound healing that could take ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

How to make a lung: Cell-regeneration molecules essential signals for early lung development

A tissue-repair-and-regeneration pathway in the human body, including wound healing, is essential for the early lung to develop properly. Genetically engineered mice fail to develop lungs when two molecules ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nanodiamonds deliver insulin for wound healing

(PhysOrg.com) -- Bacterial infection is a major health threat to patients with severe burns and other kinds of serious wounds such as traumatic bone fractures. Recent studies have identified an important new weapon for fighting ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jul 27, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 7

Uncovering how cells cover gaps (w/ Video)

Researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, came a step closer to understanding how cells close gaps not only during embryonic development but also duringwound healing. ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Enriched environment improves wound healing in rats

Improving the environment in which rats are reared can significantly strengthen the physiological process of wound healing, according to a report in the online, open-access, peer-reviewed journal PLoS ONE.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 13, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Research yields potential target for cancer, wound healing and fibrosis

Research conducted by Allison Berrier, PhD, Assistant Professor of Oral and Craniofacial Biology at the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Dentistry, and colleagues, provides insights that may help scientists ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Advancement in tissue engineering promotes oral wound healing

Oral tissue engineering for transplantation to aid wound healing in mouth (oral cavity) reconstruction has taken a significant step forward with a Netherlands-based research team's successful development of a gum tissue (gingival) ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0