Engineering Our Arteries: Replacements And Assisted Healing
...neered arteries -- including assisted healing that will stop clotting and allow healthy cells to...t reduces clotting and assists in the healing process. She aims to apply the polymer through the catheter that is used to do the ball......air or regeneration, which is a rare form of wound healing inmammals. Since then, however, our findings have ...duringmammalian development. In fact, fetal wound healing is scarless and occursbefore the development of the T-cell compartment of the immune system." Dr. He...UPMC Researchers Report On Gene Therapy Advances
...o ananimal's cells. The cells then produced these healing substances both locallyand throughout the body. T...sed as a vehicle to deliver genes toimprove muscle healing after common muscle injuries," commented Johnny Huard,Ph.D., assistant professor of orthopaedic surg...First Evidence That Localized Arthritis Gene Therapy Heals Distant Diseased Joints
...that localized gene therapy for arthritis produces healing effects on distant joints affected with the disease. Results of this landmark study, conducted in a rabbit model of rheumatoid arthritis, appear in the April 15 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. It is a major advance in ...Biochemist Solves Riddle Of Collagen Stability
...potential of collagen in treating serious disease, healing wounds and repairing damaged organs, said UW-Madison biochemist Ron Raines. It also holds promise in finding new treatments for arthritis, the most serious collagen-related disorder. "We have essentially shown the way to create a stronger collagen th......eration of Numotech's uniqueoxygen-bath system for healing wounds, pressure sores, and pressure ulcers--quick... said. Pressure ulcers, which are usually slow in healing and can be lethal, plagueparaplegics, diabetics, and victims of burns and severe abrasions, all of w...Peptic Ulcers: Stress Does Matter, After All
...who are anxious or under stress have a harder time healing and staying healed." Other research has suggested that psychological stress may push a H.pylori-infected person over the edge into developing an ulcer, and may even help H.pylori multiply in the body. Researchers are trying to trace in both a...CU Team Develops New Techniques For Repair Of Bone And Cartilage
...hniques and materials that show promise for faster healing ofsevere bone fractures and the regeneration of cartilage in ailing joints. The process involves the use of ultraviolet light to create repeatingchains of complex molecules called polymers into putty-like, three-dimensional"scaffolds" that c......velopment in infants and children, and duringwound healing and female reproductive functions, such as the men...p scientists understand more about defective wound healing andalterations of the blood vessels in diabetic patients. "Whether leptinangiogenesis plays a role ...Wistar Scientists Locate Genes Involved In Mammalian Tissue Regeneration
...To collect information about the genetics of wound healing and regeneration, Dr.Heber-Katz and her group cros...ers. It appearsthat, in inbred mice, this type of healing is a heritable trait. By screening the entire mouse genome, Dr. Heber-Katz's laboratory, working inc...Pet Therapy Programs Help Patients In Rehab, Physical Therapy And More
...aling. They can also serve as an active partof the healing process, says Rickann Clapp, the Recreation Therap...rtment. "We use the dogs as an active part of the healing process. If the patient isworking on arm strength or balance we incorporate the dog in the exercise....UNC-CH Ligament-Tendon Structure Discovery May Lead To Better Treatment, Scientists Explain
... body.Then we will understand a lot more about the healing process and how we might beable to take advantage of it in treatment or change it." One unproven possibility is that doctors might one day be able to injectthe peptides into patients to loosen up stiff joints, he said. Injured jointsoften sti...Growth Factors Improve Muscle Healing In Animals
Several growth factors speed the healing of muscle injuries in animal models,according to a... of the Growth andDevelopment Laboratory. Muscle healing after an injury often is slow and incomplete because dense scartissue forms at the site of an injury......niversity of California San Franciscostudying bone healing in animal models have found that two genes essenti...xpression of two proteins that contributed to bone healing in the adultmodel in a sequence very similar to the pattern that takes place during skeletalformatio...UCSF Researchers Pinpoint Molecule That Triggers Deadly Progress Of Pulmonary Fibrosis
...lecule known as TGF Beta playsan essential role in healing damaged tissue throughout the body. The molecule i...aid,because it is crucial to a number of essential healing and other processesthroughout the body. The researchers further found that knockout mice, lacking th...... the cell-bindingfunction of a protein involved in healing and other fundamental biologicalactivities. Comput...ong other things, the developmentof embryos, wound healing and metastasis of cancer cells....New Biomaterial May Replace Arteries, Knee Cartilage
...ichsevered nerves heal. "This ability to speed the healing process could eventuallyhelp patients with spinal cord injuries, like (actor) Christopher Reeve's, towalk again," Ku said. As an implantable drug delivery system, Salubria may work for manydrugs, such as insulin and morphine, that need to be...New Coating Process May Prevent Body From Rejecting Medical Implants
...int for making medical implants that triggernormal healing rather than the body's typical, and often disrupti...cproteins to potentially unlock the body's natural healing process. "The ability to make surfaces that can be recognized by the body is amajor step fo......ng apolymer that could deliver growth factors to a healing joint. Working with Oratec and the Steadman-Hawkins Foundation, a radiofrequency probe is being evaluated to see if it can help "weld" cartilage. Gene therapy, which involves finding a gene and using a virus to carryit into joint cells where it c...... thrombin which are clotting enzymes thataid in healing wounds and offer an alternative to sutures and othersurgical sealants. Pacific Northwest has funded thisresearch to date but is interested in ...