Sentences with phrase «skin and bone research»

Dr. Michael F. Holick, director of the Vitamin D, Skin and Bone Research Laboratory at Boston University Medical Center, advocates high levels of vitamin D supplements to maintain good health.

SOURCES: Michal Melamed, M.D., M.H.S., clinical fellow, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore; Michael F. Holick, M.D., Ph.D., director, Vitamin D, Skin and Bone Research Laboratory, Boston University; Aug. 11, 2008, online edition, Archives of Internal Medicine

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Duly reverential, the panel satisfied itself with simply listing all the research possibilities, including the improvement and increased safety of IVF, the creation of cell lines that might someday be useful for bone marrow transplantation, repair of spinal cord injuries, skin replacement and, naturally, the hint of a greater understanding of cancer.»

Scouring research journals for devices to regenerate skin and bone, he found tantalizing possibilities, but none that could treat catastrophic facial injuries like Nelson's.

But according to Michael F. Holick, director of the Vitamin D, Skin, and Bone Research Laboratory at Boston University Medical Center, who has spent 30 years studying the vitamin, «rickets can be considered the tip of the vitamin D — deficiency iceberg.»

• A Yale research team led by Diane Krause turned a single stem cell from the bone marrow of an adult mouse into lung, liver, intestinal, and skin cells for other mice.

Progeria affects one in every four million to eight million births; there are about 50 cases currently recognized worldwide with 10 to 12 in the U.S. Common symptoms include fragile bones, hair loss, limited growth, stiff joints and wrinkling of the skin by as young as age two; about 90 percent of progeria patients die by age 13 from fatal heart attacks or strokes, according to the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research.

Previous research shows that certain fat cells can be coaxed to turn into other tissue, including skin, bone, and cartilage.

Previously Dr. Martini worked at Shire plc in Lexington, Mass., as Senior Director of Discovery Biology and Translational Research, Mass., focusing on fibrotic diseases of muscle, kidney, skin, lung, bone marrow and metabolic liver diseases, with particular emphasis on different therapeutic modalities for pathway modulation.

Six tissue types, they found, were significantly «undertargeted» by pharmaceutical research: male reproductive tissues, embryonic structures, skin, cartilage, bone and lymph.

Both research documents contain evidence of the potential health benefits of gelatin and draw more attention to gelatin's potential healing power for many ills: digestive issues like Crohn's, irritable bowel disease, and hyperacidity; bone health; immune issues; wound healing and skin diseases; rheumatoid arthritis and other joint diseases that involve collagen; detoxification; and even cancer.

Michael F. Holick, Ph.D., M.D. is Professor of Medicine, Physiology and Biophysics; Director of the General Clinical Research Center; and Director of the Bone Health Care Clinic and the Heliotherapy, Light, and Skin Research Center at Boston University Medical Center.

Research says that almond milk keeps your heart healthy, your bones strong, your skin glowing, and your digestion in check.