(Johns Hopkins University) A Johns Hopkins engineer is trying to coax human stem cells to turn into networks of new blood vessels that could someday be used to replace damaged tissue in people with heart disease, diabetes and other illnesses.
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(University of California - Irvine) Individuals with diastolic blood pressure under 70 mm Hg coupled with an elevated systolic blood pressure may have a greater risk of heart attack and stroke than indicated by the systolic blood pressure values alone, according to a UC Irvine study.
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(University of Missouri-Columbia) University of Missouri researchers hope to find new therapeutic targets for arthritis by studying the interaction between two proteins that, if interrupted, may prevent arthritis pain caused by joint damage. In a new study, researchers have found potential evidence that blocking the proteins responsible for inducing inflammation prevents cartilage breakdown.
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(Academy of General Dentistry) According to a study in General Dentistry, the clinical, peer-reviewed journal of the Academy of General Dentistry, oral HPV can be detected using a very familiar, conventional device that patients may already experience in your mouth during routine procedures. This device is the VELscope. It’s the wand that emits a bright, [...]
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(Academy of General Dentistry) Varicella zoster can lie dormant in the body for decades, and if activated can lead to herpes zoster, more commonly referred to as shingles, according to a study that appeared in General Dentistry, the Academy of General Dentistry’s clinical, peer-reviewed journal.”Herpes zoster can be a debilitating disease that can lead to [...]
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(Brandeis University) In a groundbreaking new study in the current issue of Developmental Cell, Brandeis researchers raise the curtain on how actin maintains just the right filament length to keep the cell healthy and happily dividing.
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An early warning system, more than a decade in development, successfully predicted the 2006-2007 outbreak of the deadly Rift Valley fever in northeast Africa, according to a new study led by NASA scientists.
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Scientists have discovered a mutation responsible for cancer progression, a finding with potential implications for the development of treatment against not one, but a series of cancer types since this mutation can be linked to an abnormality recently discovered to exist in all malignancies.
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Scientists have discovered a mutation responsible for cancer progression, a finding with potential implications for the development of treatment against not one, but a series of cancer types since this mutation can be linked to an abnormality recently discovered to exist in all malignancies.
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Needle liver biopsy has been used as the “gold standard” for the assessment of liver fibrosis and disease stage of PBC.
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