Sentences with phrase «at skin biopsies»

To investigate the connection between immunity and fibrosis in scleroderma, the scientists looked at skin biopsies of scleroderma patients to identify factors responsible for persistent scarring.

By looking at skin biopsies, we were able to begin to understand the gene expressions related to this.

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With the aid of thousands of skin biopsies and over a hundred kilograms of skin, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have observed how two subgroups of immune cell behave in healthy skin.

In the sentinel node biopsy procedure, a radioactive tracer and a blue - colored dye are injected at or near the melanoma site on the skin and tracked to the first lymph node (s).

To identify this T cell population, the researchers took biopsies at the sites of active lesions before treatment and biopsies of the same skin areas after the lesions had cleared on therapy.

Erythematous papules at the sites of tick feeding are shown in Panel A. Skin biopsies were taken distal to the bite site (Panel B) and within the papule (Panel C).

At one and two weeks after the completion of tick feeding, 4 mm skin biopsies were taken for PCR and culture.

So for instance, at Children's Hospital Boston we see a number of children who have heart problems, and it might be possible to take these cells directly from a skin biopsy and then in a dish turn them into heart cells.

The skin biopsies were washed in Ca / Mg - free Dulbecco's Phosphate Buffered Saline (PBS, Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, http://www.invitrogen.com) and minced into approximately 12 smaller pieces before being seeded onto gelatin - coated 6 - well cell culture plates (Corning Enterprises, Corning, NY, http://www.corning.com) containing mouse embryonic fibroblast (MEF) media consisting of Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium (DMEM) supplemented with 10 % fetal bovine serum (FBS, Invitrogen) and 100 IU / ml penicillin - streptomycin (Invitrogen), and cultured at 37 °C in a 5 % CO2 incubator.

At the end of that time, the researchers again biopsied the volunteers» skin.

There are a few possibilities and trying each one by trial and error can be time consuming and expensive; at this point, I don't know if you have had a skin biopsy taken for histopathology as a board certified pathologist would be able to see the structure of the skin and to see any cells which may indicate inflammation etc... Also, allergy testing blood test may also be helpful too.

This test is not a blood test, but a small biopsy of the skin at the site of the tick bite is tested.

Typically, unless your vet is highly experienced at dealing with skin lesions, the biopsy may be done by a dermatopathologist.

The only way to tell is to take a biopsy (skin sample) and then test it at a laboratory.

She was presented to our Oncology department at VRCC in May of 2009, with a biopsy confirmed diagnosis of an aggressive sweat gland tumor (anaplastic apocrine gland adenocarcinoma) of the skin of the right chest wall.

Once these are ruled out, or no longer suspected, your vet will perform a skin biopsy, which will be sent out to be evaluated at a lab.

Other scientists use nonlethal darts to take skin core biopsies, said Dr. Phillip J. Clapham, a whale biologist at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center in Woods Hole, Mass., who estimated that 3,500 research darts had been fired into humpback whales in the North Atlantic over the last decade.