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Researchers find what happens inside artery plaque to trigger strokes
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 12 (ANI): For the first time, researchers at Tulane University and Ochsner Health were able to genetically sequence carotid plaque tissue collected from patients within days after a stroke.
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Pathway to curb spread of brain cancer identified by researchers
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 10 (ANI): A molecular pathway responsible for the spread of glioblastoma to surrounding tissue in the brain, as well as an existing drug that curbed tumour growth in animal models, has been identified by UT Southwestern.
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Design averts increase of scar tissue around medical implants
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Cambridge [UK], August 6 (ANI): Implantable insulin-releasing devices show potential as an alternate method of treating diabetes without insulin injections or cannula insertions. However, one barrier that has precluded their usage so far is that the immune system attacks them after implanta
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Study reveals ideas about relationship among diabetes, fat and cardiovascu
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 5 (ANI): A team of scientists describe a series of studies designed to determine the relationship among insulin, fats and the vascular system and identified a new pathway in which the cells lining the blood vessels - called endothelial cells - drive the body's metabol
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Study probes how intestine repairs damaged tissue
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
San Diego (California) [US] August 5 (ANI): Researchers in a new study discovered a component in the intestine that plays a crucial role in repairing damaged tissue.
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Do you know iron buildup in brain linked to higher risk for movement disor
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
San Diego (California) [US] August 2 (ANI): The body absorbs too much iron due to a condition known as hereditary hemochromatosis, which is brought on by a gene mutation. This causes tissue damage and diseases like liver disease, heart disease, and diabetes. However, scant and conflicting re
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GenWorks Health partners with Medtronic to redefine how intrauterine abnor
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], July 25 (ANI/BusinessWire India): World over, uterine fibroids are one of the most common benign tumours affecting women of all races, sometimes up to 80 per cent, depending on the age of a patient, according to a study by the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecol
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Researchers find how cells are connected to brain tumor growth and recurre
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 25 (ANI): A study revealed that tumors are made up of many different cell types, including both cancerous and benign. The unique intricacy of the cells found inside brain tumours has been a defining feature of the condition, one that makes therapy very challenging. Alth
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Scientists reveal new evidence of key mechanism in Alzheimer's
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 19 (ANI): Rutgers scientists have found more clear-cut evidence of how the destructive proteins linked to Alzheimer's disease attack human brain cells and destroy surrounding tissue.
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Study: Bacteria in donor organs complicate immune response after transplan
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 18 (ANI): Organ transplant recipients take life-long immunosuppressive drugs to prevent their bodies from mounting an immune response against the donated organ, yet a substantial number of them still reject the organs. A new study shows that transplant recipients also m
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Researchers find fabrication of artificial heart for transplant
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 18 (ANI): Unlike other organs, the heart cannot heal itself after injury. Heart disease is the top cause of mortality in the U.S and is particularly deadly. For this reason, tissue engineering will be crucial for the development of cardiac medicine, ultimately leading t
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Study: Biohybrid material performs like cartilage
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 12 (ANI): Producing biomaterials that match the performance of cartilage and tendons has been an elusive goal for scientists, but a new material demonstrates a promising new approach to mimicking natural tissue.
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