Air pollution link to clogged arteries
...which can in turn lead to increased lesions in the clogged arteries, potentially giving rise to blood clots that trigger heart attack or stroke. These findings bring us closer to understanding the impact our environment has on our health....UCLA study links air pollution to clogged arteries
...ammation in turn leads to cholesterol deposits and clogged arteries, which can give rise to blood clots that trigger heart attack or stroke. The researchers next step will be to convert the genes responses to the pollutant-cholesterol combination into a biomarker that will enable physicians to easily evalu...FSU researchers reap $1-million grant to make medical implants safer
...d. "For years, surgeons have used stents to reopen clogged coronary arteries only to see the stents themselves cause new blockages in some patients as the bodys natural defenses attempt to wall off the foreign substance. In our research project, were looking for ways to camouflage biomedical devices so that...Key found to kill cystic fibrosis superbug
... (CF), an inherited disease where the lungs become clogged with thick mucus, often leading to chronic respiratory infections. The team of researchers has identified a weakness in the armour that protects the B. cenocepacia bacterium from the effects of antibiotics. They hypothesize that preventing the syn...'Junk' DNA now looks like powerful regulator, Stanford researcher finds
...as "gene deserts." These sections are, in fact, so clogged with useful DNA bits - including the ones Bejerano and his colleagues describe - that they've been renamed "regulatory jungles." "It's funny how quickly the field is now evolving," Bejerano said. His work picking out these snippets and describing w...Engineering the heart piece by piece
...an being replaced every few years. And people with clogged or weak blood vessels might get a new natural replacement, instead of a factory-made one. These possibilities are all within reach, and could transform the way heart care is delivered, say University of Michigan Medical School researchers in the ne...Tiny clue reveals new path toward heart disease
...es supplying blood to the heart become narrowed or clogged by plaque deposits. Left untreated, the disease can completely block the blood flow to the heart, leading to a heart attack. While risk factors such as smoking, high blood pressure and high cholesterol are known to contribute to coronary artery dis...Scrap tires can be used to filter wastewater
...icles or top layer of the filter tending to become clogged quickly. In his research, he has proved that crumb rubber is not a rigid material; instead it can be easily bent or compressed. Through the crumb rubber method, the larger solids are removed at the top layer of the filter and the smaller solids at a ...Common cause of heart disease, diabetes may be treatable with malaria drug
...m at sharply increased risk of type 2 diabetes and clogged arteries. Scientists know relatively little about metabolic syndrome, which is linked to a range of symptoms that include obesity, insulin resistance, high blood pressure, low levels of good cholesterol and high blood sugar levels. The number of ad...UW-Madison work on stem cells, cardiac health to be presented at ACS
... cardiac health and stem cell research. Clearing clogged arteries with DNA-coated stents CONTACT: David M. Lynn, (608) 262-1086, dlynn@engr.wisc.edu New materials hold promise for treating cardiovascular diseases with gene-based therapy using intravascular stents, small tubes of metal mesh that are co...Gene variants reveal susceptibility to cardiovascular disease
...es supplying blood to the heart become narrowed or clogged by plaque deposits. Left untreated, the disease can completely block the blood flow to the heart, leading to a heart attack. Coronary artery disease is what scientists call a "complex" genetic disease that is, it results from the accumulation of a...Growth factor triggers growth of new blood vessels in the heart
... own new blood vessels to bypass damaged tissue or clogged arteries. Unfortunately, clinical trials of two im...e for bypass surgery, which redirects blood around clogged arteries, or for other procedures routinely used to open clogged vessels. That means each year in th...Nanotechnology shows early promise to treat cardiovascular disease
... site, Rutgers researchers propose a way to combat clogged arteries by attacking how bad cholesterol triggers inflammation and causes plaque buildup at specific blood vessel sites. Their approach contrasts with today's statin drug therapy, which aims to reduce the amount of low density lipids, or LDLs ("bad"...Bone marrow cells can become functional gut lining cells
...ose of the pancreas, lungs, and intestines, become clogged with thick mucus. "We hope this finding will have implications for cystic fibrosis, but this is a first step and there are many, many more years of research to be done before we can determine this," said Krause....National Inventors Hall of Fame announces 2006 inductees
...rgoing coronary artery stenting annually to repair clogged arteries. Gregory Pincus (1903-1967) Oral contraceptive pill By creating the first practical oral contraceptive, the birth control pill, in the 1950s, Gregory Pincus brought privacy and convenience to women worldwide. Games Slayter (1896-1964),...New 'molecular switch' protein protects the heart from major cardiovascular damage
...conditions that develop in heart muscle cells when clogged blood vessels or a heart attack interrupt the heart's oxygen supply, Day tied off one of the main arteries carrying blood to the hearts of mice in the study. Day found that hearts from transgenic mice performed far better after the procedure than hea...'Underground' tunnels discovered as means for communication between immune system cells
...ve it, the microscopic bacteria sample somehow got clogged inside the tip, and before Dr. Watkins realized the need to pull away from the cell, he had already given it a jab. "On the screen it looked like flash bulbs going off in a dark concert arena," Dr. Salter recalled of that moment, when to both their g...Women's health study finds vitamin E does not protect women from heart attack, stroke, or cancer
... inside arteries, which would reduce the chance of clogged and blocked arteries. Other large observational studies have also suggested that people who eat foods high in vitamin E or take supplements have a lower risk of coronary heart disease. Although several clinical trials conducted prior to the Women's...Life detection instrument passes key test on road to Mars
...ofluidic channels in the capillary disks don't get clogged as readily as they do when used to test samples in Berkeley with its high bioorganic levels. That means they'll need fewer channels on the instrument that travels to Mars, and the scanner used to read out the data needn't be as elaborate. This transl......water through both filters, which typically become clogged after about 24 hours of use. At this point the larvacean abandons its house and swims off to create a new one. The cast-off larvacean house eventually deflates like a punctured balloon and sinks rapidly toward the seafloor, carrying large amounts of ...