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EU-funded project addresses important bottleneck in the field of tissue engineering

There is a shortage of donor tissue for grafting procedures to replace damaged human tissue. Tissue engineering holds great promise for generating tissue, but clinical success has been limited because the resulting tissue fails to integrate in the patient’s body after transplantation.

25 Oct 2018

Researchers create new devices to mechanically stress retinal cells

Researchers at Utah State University have developed new devices to mechanically stress human cells in the lab.

25 Oct 2018

Researchers engineer new 'smart' repellent surface coatings

Researchers at McMaster University have solved a vexing problem by engineering surface coatings that can repel everything, such as bacteria, viruses and living cells, but can be modified to permit beneficial exceptions.

24 Oct 2018

Research offers clue on how females stay healthier than males, despite eating a high fat diet

New research from York University on fat tissue is providing an important clue as to how females stay healthier than males, even as their body fat increases.

24 Oct 2018

Takeda presents vedolizumab phase 3 VISIBLE 1 trial results for treatment of moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited today announced results from the phase 3 VISIBLE 1 clinical trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of an investigational subcutaneous formulation of the gut-selective biologic vedolizumab for maintenance therapy in adult patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis who achieved clinical response* at week 6 following two doses of open-label vedolizumab intravenous induction therapy.

22 Oct 2018

New 3D bioprinting technique shows potential for artificial tissue fabrication

University of Colorado Boulder engineers have developed a 3D printing technique that allows for localized control of an object's firmness, opening up new biomedical avenues that could one day include artificial arteries and organ tissue.

22 Oct 2018

FDA approves update to Rituxan label to include information on treatment of rare forms of vasculitis

Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an update to the Rituxan® (rituximab) label to include information on follow up treatment of adult patients with Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis and Microscopic Polyangiitis who have achieved disease control with induction treatment.

22 Oct 2018

Incyte announces Phase 2 FIGHT-202 trial data in patients with cholangiocarcinoma

Incyte Corporation announces updated data from its ongoing Phase 2 FIGHT-202 trial evaluating pemigatinib (INCB54828), its selective fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) inhibitor, in patients with advanced/metastatic or surgically unresectable cholangiocarcinoma (bile duct cancer) who failed at least one previous treatment.

22 Oct 2018

Dysfunction of single gene leads to miscarriages

A single gene of the mother plays such a crucial role in the development of the placenta that its dysfunction leads to miscarriages.

19 Oct 2018

Breast Cancer as a Dynamic Disease

An interview with Dr. Andrew Ewald, discussing the influence of the myoepithelium on breast cancer growth and the importance of studying metastasis.

19 Oct 2018

URMC researchers discover new approach to deliver therapeutics to the brain

Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center have discovered a potentially new approach to deliver therapeutics more effectively to the brain. The research could have implications for the treatment of a wide range of diseases, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, ALS, and brain cancer.

19 Oct 2018

Researchers find opportunity to control salt-sensitive hypertension without exercising

Couch potatoes rejoice -- there might be a way to get the blood pressure lowering benefits of exercise in pill form.

16 Oct 2018

Researchers successfully develop in vivo skin imaging technology

A Research and Development group led by Professor Yoshifumi Saijo of Tohoku University and Noriyuki Masuda of Advantest has succeeded in developing in vivo skin imaging technology that can simultaneously generate dual-wavelength photoacoustic images and ultrasound images.

12 Oct 2018

Low levels of cellular copper may make fat cells fatter

In studies of mouse cells, Johns Hopkins researchers have found that low levels of cellular copper appear to make fat cells fatter by altering how cells process their main metabolic fuels, such as fat and sugar.

11 Oct 2018

Diagnosing Atrial Fibrillation in 30 Seconds

An interview with Glyn Barnes, Marketing Director for AliveCor, about Kardia Mobile and the Kardia Band, the FDA approved devices which can provide a diagnostic quality ECG reading in 30 seconds.

From AliveCor, Inc. 11 Oct 2018

Carnegie scientist awarded NIH grant to identify novel medicines for cardiovascular disease

Carnegie's Department of Embryology scientist Steven Farber and team have been awarded a 5-year $3.3-million NIH grant to identify novel pharmaceuticals for combatting a host of diseases associated with altered levels of lipoproteins like LDL ("bad cholesterol").

11 Oct 2018

Premature babies with low levels of blood platelets have increased risk of blindness

Premature babies with low levels of platelets (thrombocytes) in their blood run a greatly increased risk of being afflicted with a severe variation of retinopathy of prematurity, an eye disease that can cause blindness, according to a study from Sweden and US published in the journal JCI Insight.

11 Oct 2018

University of Houston biologist explores therapeutic targets to prevent atherosclerosis

University of Houston biologist Michihisa Umetani, having discovered that a certain protein partnership acts to rapidly signal molecules inside blood vessels that danger is upon them, has been awarded $382,500 by the National Institutes of Health.

10 Oct 2018

Pioneering software system hopes to make epilepsy surgery safer and easier

A team of researchers, clinicians and engineers from UCLH, UCL, King's College London and the Epilepsy Society have developed a world-leading software system called EpiNav, which stands for epilepsy navigation, and their work is being featured on tonight's episode of the BBC's Trust Me I'm a Doctor.

10 Oct 2018

New 3D imaging technique helps track satiety hormone

Many overweight people lack the feeling of being full. It was long thought that this was due to the disrupted transport of the satiety hormone leptin to the brain.

9 Oct 2018

Blood Vessels News and Research

EU-funded project addresses important bottleneck in the field of tissue engineering

Researchers create new devices to mechanically stress retinal cells

Researchers engineer new 'smart' repellent surface coatings

Research offers clue on how females stay healthier than males, despite eating a high fat diet

Takeda presents vedolizumab phase 3 VISIBLE 1 trial results for treatment of moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis

New 3D bioprinting technique shows potential for artificial tissue fabrication

FDA approves update to Rituxan label to include information on treatment of rare forms of vasculitis

Incyte announces Phase 2 FIGHT-202 trial data in patients with cholangiocarcinoma

Dysfunction of single gene leads to miscarriages

Breast Cancer as a Dynamic Disease

URMC researchers discover new approach to deliver therapeutics to the brain

Researchers find opportunity to control salt-sensitive hypertension without exercising

Researchers successfully develop in vivo skin imaging technology

Low levels of cellular copper may make fat cells fatter

Diagnosing Atrial Fibrillation in 30 Seconds

Carnegie scientist awarded NIH grant to identify novel medicines for cardiovascular disease

Premature babies with low levels of blood platelets have increased risk of blindness

University of Houston biologist explores therapeutic targets to prevent atherosclerosis

Pioneering software system hopes to make epilepsy surgery safer and easier

New 3D imaging technique helps track satiety hormone

Leveraging the power of automation to boost research

Automating research - solutions and best practices

How can microdialysis benefit drug development

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