Stem cell therapy successfully treats heart attack in animals
...oal is to develop a widely applicable treatment to repair and reverse the damage done to heart muscle that has been infarcted, or destroyed, after losing its blood supply," says cardiologist Joshua Hare, M.D., professor of medicine at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and its Heart Institute, ...Study reveals potential for new treatment of paralysis and brain disease
...s, causing permanent cell death and preventing the repair of damaged nerve connections. Glutamate is produced as part of the body's natural reaction to central nervous system damage. In the new study, researchers at the Brain Laboratory at the University of Helsinki ( www.brainlab.fi ) and at the Johnnie B....New finding may aid adult stem cell collection
...earch has also suggested that these cells may help repair damage in other organs, such as the heart and brain. Injected during transplants procedures, stem cells migrate to a specific location in the bone marrow, where they reestablish the mechanism of blood formation. "Our findings demonstrate that RAC GT...New research offers clues to prevent brain damage in premature babies
... some of the key factors that prevent brain damage repair in premature babies and patients with multiple scl...rtant clues about why the nervous systems fails to repair itself and suggest that some forms of brain damage could be reversed. Dr. Back, who studies develop...New non-surgical approach showing great promise in the treatment of challenging brain aneurysms
...ts can undergo minimally invasive interventions to repair their cerebral aneurysms. The initial treatment stage involves placement of the stent in the artery across the aneurysm neck. A microcathether is navigated through the stent struts into the aneurysm sac. The second stage consists of filling the aneu...ASU secures $3.9 million to study spinal cord injuries and neurological disorders
...grants totaling $3.9 million to advance efforts to repair or replace lost function for people with spinal co...s designing techniques to investigate, replace and repair damaged neural systems to provide better mobility." Jung and Abbas are also both associate professo...National funding goes to Johns Hopkins to advance research on stem cell therapies for heart attack
...ial of using a patient's own cardiac stem cells to repair heart tissue soon after a heart attack, or to rege...oal is to develop a widely applicable treatment to repair and reverse the damage done to heart muscle that has been infarcted, or destroyed, after losing its ...Adult stem cells aid recovery in animal model of cerebral palsy
...tal impairment. Currently there is no treatment to repair or reduce the damage of cerebral palsy; tPA was approved in 1996 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as the first stroke treatment to reduce the damage of ischemic injuries. Co-authors on the study include Dr. David Hess, chair of the MCG Depar...American Thoracic Society journal news tips for October 2005 (first issue)
...face a high death rate. The researchers noted that repair of damaged endothelium--the layer of flat cells that lines the heart, blood and lymph vessels, as well as some body cavities--is important in recovering from acute lung injury. In animal models, bone marrow-derived EPCs differentiate into mature end...Mayo Clinic research collaboration discovers why some DNA repair fails
...e discovered the inner workings of a defective DNA repair process and are first to explain why certain mutat... a specific form of DNA that it needs to begin the repair process by recruiting additional proteins. They report their findings in a recent issue of Nature St...Patients have increased hospitalization rate after gastric bypass surgery
...ht to be procedure related, such as ventral hernia repair and gastric revision. "A working hypothesis in our study was that use of health care services should likewise improve, namely that inpatient care should decrease after RYGB. However, we found significant and sustained increases in the rates of hospi...Qld Brain Institute gains $650,000 spinal research bequest from courageous Lisa Palmer
...to work towards a centre for brain and spinal cord repair at the Queensland Brain Institute," Professor Hay ...stablishment of a centre for brain and spinal cord repair at the Queensland Brain Institute. "It will allow the team at the Queensland Brain Institute and ou...Inhaled nitric oxide may help sickle cell disease
... and essentially turns the lungs into a hemoglobin repair shop. "This is clearly a novel idea," Dr. Head says of findings that show the extra nitric oxide changes the neutral charge of hemoglobin S to the slightly negative charge much like normal hemoglobin. It could also help prevent development of the u...Lipids play important role in nervous system development
...develops in the first place will one day help them repair loss from injury or disease. It's already helped them understand the ailments of a spontaneous mouse mutant that has about 20 percent function of the protein that helps the lipid get to the cell surface so it can help axons grow, says Dr. Wen-Cheng X......iation kill cancer cells by immobilizing their DNA repair process. If true, these oxygen-depleted tumors would be less likely to respond to radiation. Theodore DeWeese, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences at Johns Hopkins, led new tests in mor...Regular physical activity may strenghten knee cartilage
... the ages of 35 and 50, who had undergone meniscus repair within the past 3 to 5 years. Subjects were randomly assigned to either an exercise group or a control group. The exercise group was enrolled in a supervised program of aerobic and weight-bearing moves, for 1 hour, 3 times weekly for 4 months. At ...New clues into causes of scleroderma
...actually interfere with body's inherent ability to repair damage, and in particular, damage to small arterie...f new blood vessels, but for whatever reason, that repair does not occur in the patients, which it did occur in mice," Goldschmidt said. Goldschmidt believes ...Feds give researchers ok for safety test of adult stem cells in patients with heart disease
...gured out how to initiate the sort of blood vessel repair that remains a key to survival," says Dr. Laughlin. "Now there is a promise of achieving that repair by infusing highly selected marrow stem cells." Upon acceptance in the study, patients with blocked ...Cells derived from heart stem cells can repair heart attack damage
...ally offer patients use of their own stem cells to repair heart tissue soon after a heart attack, or to regenerate weakened muscle resulting from heart failure, perhaps averting the need for heart transplants," says Eduardo Marbn, M.D., Ph.D., senior author of both studies and professor and chief of cardiol...Neurons generated in the adult brain learn to respond to novel stimuli
... our efforts, and those of others in the field, to repair diseased brain and spinal cord by directed development of specific neurons from precursor/stem cells. Our experiments show that new neurons can join brain circuits and function in complex ways contributing to learning, memory and potentially to moto...