(PhysOrg.com) -- Stem cells derived from fat have a surprising trick up their sleeves: Encouraged to develop on a stiff surface, they undergo a remarkable transformation toward becoming mature muscle cells. The new research ...
Biotechnology
Jan 27, 2012
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If a person's blood becomes too thick it can damage blood vessels and increase the risk of heart attacks. But a Temple University physicist has discovered that he can thin the human blood by subjecting it to a magnetic field.
General Physics
Jun 7, 2011
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(Medical Xpress) -- McMaster researchers have discovered a new drug target that may be effective at preventing the onset of Huntington's disease, working much the same way heart medications slow the progression of heart disease ...
Biochemistry
May 31, 2011
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When you suffer a heart attack, a part of your heart dies. Nerve cells in the heart's wall and a special class of cells that spontaneously expand and contract – keeping the heart beating in perfect synchronicity – ...
Bio & Medicine
May 19, 2011
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During about 30 percent of all heart attacks, the patient experiences no symptoms. However, unmistakable signs of the attack remain in the bloodstream for days. MIT researchers, working with Massachusetts General Hospital’s ...
Biotechnology
Feb 14, 2011
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For almost two decades, cardiologists have searched for ways to see dangerous blood clots before they cause heart attacks.
Bio & Medicine
Feb 2, 2011
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A key mechanism that appears to contribute to blood vessel damage in people with diabetes has been identified by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Biochemistry
Jan 28, 2011
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Researchers at the University of Oxford have uncovered a clue that may help to explain why the earliest evidence of complex multicellular animal life appears around 550 million years ago, when atmospheric oxygen levels on ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 17, 2010
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Suppose you could repair tissue damaged by a heart attack by magically turning other cells into heart muscle, so the organ could pump effectively again.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 29, 2010
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Cell reprogramming calls The Curious Case of Benjamin Button to mind.
Biotechnology
Jun 29, 2010
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