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Scientists at the Vermont Lung Center and the Arizona State University (ASU) Biodesign Institute are currently working on a new approach for treating emphysema, lung cancer, fibrosis, and other similar pulmonary conditions. Their approach is extremely innovative.
When patients suffer from these conditions, a lung ce... |
2 February 2012
05:23 GMT |
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With funds from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, experts at the University of British Columbia (UBC) recently managed to get some new insight into the mechanisms involved in the activation of an important group of immune cells called T cells, or T lymphocytes. Lymphocytes are white blood cells that play a ... |
24 August 2011
04:52 GMT |
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The worrying conclusions of a new investigation carried out on animal models reveal that the immune system may in fact attack adult cells that have been reprogrammed into stem cells from a mouse' own tissues. This finding may have serious implications for regenerative medicine.
This relatively-new field of re... |
14 May 2011
06:03 GMT |
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A recent investigation conducted on unsuspecting lab mice has revealed that administering a spoonful of sugar to diabetes patients may in fact be one of the best way to address the disease. In the new experiments, researchers looked at how much glucose was used up in pancreatic cells that produce insulin. The team al... |
6 April 2011
04:01 GMT |
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A team of biotechnology experts managed to create three-dimensional (3D) organ tissue using stem cells, by forcing them to undergo specific embryonic development stages, and guiding their transformation. The end results are batches of 3D intestine tissue, that feature all cell types in the gut.Obtaining all major cel... |
13 December 2010
04:59 GMT |
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Healthcare experts announce that the third double-hand transplant performed in the United States may be a success, given that the patient can wiggle his fingers. The accomplishment is tremendously important, given the complex nature of the surgery required to make this a reality. The procedure had low odds of success... |
3 September 2010
05:20 GMT |
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Researchers in Portugal managed to demonstrate the existence of a new type of white blood cells, which are capable of suppressing the immune system in just one organ. The finding could reduce the rate at which transplanted organs are donating, potentially saving thousands of lives. Thus far, the newly-found NKTreg (r... |
11 August 2010
08:33 GMT |
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A group of investigators from the Massachusetts General Hospital has recently managed to develop a new method for dealing with liver grafts. The researchers say that, in a few years, it may become possible to grow replacement livers using biocompatible tissue scaffolding derived from rat livers, and human-derived cel... |
14 June 2010
04:42 GMT |
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Receiving a corneal transplant is the only hope many people have of ever being able to see again. Official statistics show that, throughout the European Union, more than 40,000 individuals wait for this small piece of tissue every year. In Germany alone, the number is 7,000, and many of those people never get their t... |
19 May 2010
10:00 GMT |
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At this point in time, various lines of stem cells have become available in hospitals for a host of medical procedures, such as replacement therapies and drug development. All of these lines are very genetically diverse, so researchers at The Scripps Research Institute (SRI) have taken it upon themselves to create a ... |
30 December 2009
02:41 GMT |
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Stem cells hold great promise in the field of medicine, as they could potentially be used to treat severe wounds, or even to create replacement organs for patients. But there are currently some issues associated with using these cell lines. Most of the problems have something to do with their growth, differentiation ... |
29 December 2009
03:49 GMT |
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Lung diseases such as cancer and edema can easily cause a person to die, if advanced enough. For these people, getting a lung transplant is oftentimes the only chance they have at life. In the United States alone, there are currently over 1,800 people waiting on transplant lists, but the thing is that insufficient or... |
30 October 2009
11:59 GMT |
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According to a new research, presented at the Cheltenham Science Festival, people would rather take organs from someone of high moral value and integrity than from criminals. Most of them, even if in critical conditions, have a great deal of adversity oriented against those who brought harm upon others, and say that ... |
5 June 2009
10:13 GMT |
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Scientists at Edinburgh University give new hopes for patients that suffer from liver diseases that eventually will lead them to death. The experts have discovered that certain cells in the body can be modified in order to help transform and regenerate the damaged liver tissue, which will also put an end to liver tra... |
7 July 2006
11:09 GMT |
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