Grant funds research to develop tissue-engineered solutions for heart disease
...nificantly enhance our knowledge base about tissue regeneration and controlling tissue structure."...Rise in ozone could cost US soybean industry additional $21 million annually
...m electron transport for ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate regeneration (Jmax, p=0.65) at any developmental stage and did not alter the Vcmax/Jmax ratio. However, as leaves aged, the progressive decrease of Asat was faster in elevated tropospheric ozone concentration and both Vcmax and Jmax were significantly decreased. ...Immune system drug may increase availability of liver transplants
... of gastroenterology whose research has focused on regeneration -- rather than transplantation -- of fatty liver. In humans, fatty livers generally stem from either diet or alcohol consumption, and the two rat models developed fatty livers under equivalent conditions. After removing a fatty liver from one anima...JCI table of contents, July 15, 2003
...future therapeutic protocols in the field of liver regeneration and transplantation. TITLE: HGF, SDF-1, and MMP-9 are involved in stress-induced human CD34+ stem cell recruitment to the liver AUTHOR CONTACT: Tsvee Lapidot The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. Phone: 972-8-934-2481 Fax: 972-8-934-414...Artificial organ research findings presented by University of Pittsburgh researchers
...Results show encouraging levels of repair and cell regeneration with minimal signs of inflammation. "Future application of this material as a cellular scaffold in cardiovascular tissue engineering appears promising," Dr. Wagner said. This work is scheduled for presentation on Saturday, June 21. Invited lectu...Possible new cell type found in developing inner ear
...mental geneticist at MCG who is studying hair cell regeneration within the zebrafish inner ear to try to understand how hair cells regenerate in fish and not mammals. Dr. Kozlowski, who also directs MCG's Transgenic Zebrafish Core Facility, is looking for VENT cells in the zebrafish, another developmental model,...Faster method for growing adult stem cells for bone regeneration developed at Hebrew University
...tilizing adult stem cells for bone or other tissue regeneration without having to go through the intermediate step of expanding the number of cells in tissue culture has won a Kaye Innovation Award for a young doctoral student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The Kaye Awards, now marking the tenth anniversa...Environment loses to economic development in local policy-making
...y has become an important part of debate about the regeneration of the city. Although road charging is still off the agenda, there is a lot of discussion about who should take responsibility for air pollution and this has helped create support for improved public transport. In other cases, debate has been deliber...JCI table of contents, May 15, 2003
...r of life and death: cardiac myocyte apoptosis and regeneration AUTHOR CONTACT: Bernado Nadal-Ginard New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA. Phone: 617-510-5769 E-mail: b_nadal-ginard@nymc.edu . View the PDF of this commentary at: https://www.the-jci.org/press/18611.pdf Host proteins prove to be...Chronic alcohol abuse damages regulating hormones
... health complications, it remains unclear how much regeneration may occur during long-term abstinence from alcohol...n the body. "Most of the available literature on regeneration from alcoholism is restricted to the first few days up to three weeks of abstinence," said Hannelore...Tissue engineering for erectile dysfunction?
... the tissue," explains Atala. The degree of nerve regeneration with the collagen grafts equaled that of both normal, undamaged nerves, and the grafts consisting of the rats' own nerves. The severed nerves that were left untreated showed no signs of regeneration. Atala's lab previously showed that the tissue mak...Scientists discover unique source of stem cells
...be manipulated to repair damaged teeth, induce the regeneration of bone, and treat neural injury or disease. "Doctors have successfully harvested stem cells from umbilical cord blood for years," said Dr. Songtao Shi, a scientist at NIH's National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) and the sen...Plant pathologists find growing number of plants affected by sudden oak death
...ested forests and may affect the success of future regeneration and restoration efforts." While these new developments are worrisome, they are not without hope. "The more we know about how SOD is spreading, the greater the chances for finding a way to control it," says Garbelotto....Stem cells contribute to tissue regeneration in mice with ALS
...t bone marrow-derived stem cells contribute to the regeneration of central nervous system, cardiac and skeletal mu...d with an animal version of ALS, contribute to the regeneration of nervous and muscle tissue affected by ALS. Within four months of stem cell transplantation, the b...Researchers discover gene that contributes to sense of balance
... it may be possible to stimulate the production or regeneration of these particles. Ornitz's team genetically analyzed two strains of mice tilted (tlt) and mergulhador (mlh) known to have problems with balance. These mice walk with their heads tilted and have trouble orienting themselves in water but have no hea...Receptor found that guides nerve cells to their final connecting sites
...ons for understanding birth defects as well as the regeneration of nerve cells. The study is published in the March 17 edition of Nature....Cell Transplant Society holds 6th International Congress in Atlanta March 2-5
...nsplantation for diabetes; the potential for organ regeneration using adult stem cells; stem cells for treatment of Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases, stroke and heart disease; gene therapy and stem cells in orthopaedics and cardiology; xenotransplantation; immune tolerance strategies for i...Scientist pursues role of possible new cell type
...formation as well as their potential in repair and regeneration of adult tissue," he says. "It's an issue that is constantly on my mind." In his latest study, he labeled VENT cells while they were still in the neural tube, the structure that ultimately forms the brain and spinal cord and the place where he first...Polymers promote nerve regeneration
... see, has been proven to work for peripheral nerve regeneration in laboratory rats. Nerve cells are unlike most other biological tissue. When a nerve is severed, the part of the neuron "downstream" of the injury typically dies off. And neurons in the human body can be several feet long. Grafting, which works well...Digital X-ray microtomography yields stunning views of limb regeneration
...al analyses. "Scientists previously thought that regeneration progressed in a continuous directional manner, fro... are in force during regeneration, indicating that regeneration is not simply a reiteration of developmental gene programs. While the same genes are employed as d...