Items tagged with tissue

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In Search of True Stem-like Cells Monday, October 12th, 2009 - 13:59:05 - Ehud Rattner Live-cell fluorescence imaging identifies bona fide reprogrammed cells. The next tools for reprogramming cells to an embryonic-like state might just... read more

A Vaccine for Colon Cancer Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 - 14:31:23 - Anuradha Menon A cancer vaccine with a twist is making headway in clinical trials at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Rather than targeting a... read more

'New Way' to Repair Heart Damage Friday, July 24th, 2009 - 14:27:18 - Anuradha Menon Scientists say they have found a new way to mend damage to the heart. When cells turn into fully-formed adult heart muscle they stop dividing, and... read more

Coopting a Cancer Treatment to Spur Fat Loss Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 - 18:36:22 - Anuradha Menon Both cancer and obesity kill hundreds of thousands of patients each year, but they have more than the Grim Reaper in common. Tumors and excess fat... read more

Surgical Glues for Specific Applications Friday, July 10th, 2009 - 09:07:33 - Anuradha Menon Surgical adhesives, which can be used to seal tissues after an operation or to repair wounds, are becoming increasingly important parts of a doctor's... read more

Lab-Grown Nerves Promote Nerve Regeneration Friday, March 20th, 2009 - 10:30:31 - Anuradha Menon Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have engineered transplantable living nerve tissue that encourages and guides... read more

Promise for Engineering Tissues and Organs Thursday, March 5th, 2009 - 10:12:47 - Anuradha Menon As a high school sophomore, Asad Moten read a news story about engineering new organs for patients waiting for a transplant, and decided to start his... read more

Baffling the Body into Accepting Transplants Friday, January 23rd, 2009 - 12:05:38 - Anuradha Menon An unexpected discovery made by a Sydney scientist has potential to alter the body's response to anything it perceives as not ‘self’, such as a... read more

Tissue Engineering to Mend Broken Hearts Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 - 10:18:14 - Anuradha Menon Broken hearts could one day be mended using a novel scaffold developed by MIT researchers and colleagues. The idea is that living heart cells or stem... read more

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