Location: Stockholm, Sweden
The human heart has a notorious reputation for being unable to heal itself,
but new research suggests it is capable of at least some self-repair. Using
carbon dating to gauge the age of heart cells, scientists have found that low
numbers...
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Location: London, United Kingdom
A novel matrix of neural stem cells and a biodegradable polymer can quickly repair brain damage from stroke in rats. Within just seven days of injecting the concoction directly into the damaged part of the brain, new nerve tissue grew to fill...
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Location: Indianapolis, United States
Researchers at Purdue University have developed a technique using spun-sugar
filaments to create a scaffold of tiny synthetic tubes that might serve as
conduits to regenerate nerves severed in accidents or blood vessels damaged by...
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Location: Michigan, United States
Artificial bone marrow that can continuously make red and white blood cells has been created in a University of Michigan lab.
This development could lead to simpler pharmaceutical drug testing, closer study of immune system defects and a...
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Location: Argonne National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, United States
The structure and behavior of one of the most common proteins in our bodies
has been resolved at a level of detail never before seen, thanks to new research
performed at the
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Location: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), United States
A super-sensitive mini-sensor developed at the National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) can detect nuclear magnetic
resonance (NMR) in tiny samples of fluids flowing through a...
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Location: University of Minnesota, United States
University of Minnesota
researchers have created a beating heart in the laboratory.
By using a process called whole organ decellularization, scientists from the
University of Minnesota...
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Location: University of Virginia, United States
Magnets have been touted for their healing properties since ancient Greece.
Magnetic therapy is still widely used today as an alternative method for
treating a number of conditions, from arthritis to depression, but there
hasn’t been...
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Location: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, United States
A new indicator of variations in hemoglobin level over time is a strong predictor of the risk of death among patients receiving dialysis for end-stage renal disease (ESRD), reports a study in the December Journal of the
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Location: Virginia Commonwealth University, United States
Virginia Commonwealth University
researchers have identified the role of a key enzyme called CEH in reducing
heart disease, paving the way for new target therapies to reduce plaques in the
arteries and...
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Location: Boston, United States
A discovery in mice of immune cells that promote the formation of new blood
vessels could lead to new treatments for endometriosis, a painful condition
associated with...
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Location: Department of Chemistry,560 Oval Drive,West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2084, United States
Researchers from Purdue's Cancer Center,
Department of Chemistry and Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering collaborated
with cancer and biotechnology experts from the Mayo Clinic to develop technology
to detect tumor cells within the human...
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Location: Room 136 Hudson Hall • Box 90281 • Durham, NC 27708-0281,Phone: (919) 660-5131 • Fax: (919) 684-4488, United States
The “brain scope,” which is inserted into a dime-sized hole in the skull, may be particularly useful for the bedside evaluation of critically ill patients when computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) equipment is unavailable,...
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Location: 77 massachusetts avenue,,cambridge, ma 02139-4307, United States
During the first 24 hours of invasion by the malaria-inducing
parasite Plasmodium falciparum, red blood cells start to lose their ability to
deform and squeeze through tiny blood vessels--one of the hallmarks of the
deadly disease that infects...
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Location: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,733 North Broadway,Baltimore, MD 21205, United States
Johns Hopkins undergraduates have
invented a device to improve cell therapy for diabetes patients by anchoring
transplanted insulin-producing cells inside a major blood vessel.A team of five
seniors and two freshmen, working with Johns Hopkins...
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