Sentences with phrase «damaged organs and tissues»

Embryonic stem cells — «pluripotent» cells that can develop into any type of cell in the human body — hold tremendous promise for regenerative medicine, in which damaged organs and tissues can be replaced or repaired.

Adult organisms ranging from fruit flies to humans harbor adult stem cells, some of which renew themselves through cell division while others differentiate into the specialized cells needed to replace worn - out or damaged organs and tissues.

The bill notes one organ donor can help save the lives of up to eight people on the donation waiting list and can improve the lives of up to 50 people by restoring eyesight, treating burn patients and helping patients avoid disabilities by replacing malfunctioning, diseased or damaged organs and tissue.

Unable to fight the pollen and other allergens, they will let these toxic molecules pass into their bodies, where they will damage organs and tissues.

Not exact matches

A good detox smoothie recipe should include a mix of fresh fruits and vegetables that fight inflammation and toxins while nourishing and rebuilding any damaged tissues or organs.

Beef is a good source of protein needed for the growth of tissues, cells, and organs in the body of the embryo and relevant for the healing and reparation of damaged tissues during childbirth.

Electrical burns can cause damage (both temporary and permanent) to the skin, tissues, and even the major organs.

But the No. 1 cause of death in people who are starving is heart failure due to extreme tissue and organ damage.

Inflicting less collateral damage to surrounding organs and healthy tissues, it can minimize side effects and increase cure rates for some cancers — just what patients with small bodies like Jonathan need.

Biomaterials are materials designed to be used in close contact with biological systems, tissues, and fluids and to serve a medical purpose — replacing a damaged organ, say, or treating a disease.

But a few weeks after birth, these so - called «knockout mice» spontaneously developed serious inflammation and tissue damage in several organs (see photo).

New research in mice indicates that a drug commonly used to suppress the immune system in recipients of organ transplants may also reduce tissue damage and neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury.

The Center's goal is to understand basic mechanisms of tissue and organ formation, and then to use this knowledge to regenerate, repair, and replace tissues damaged by aging, disease and injury.

Change the size from 10 nanometers to 100 nanometers, and the drugs can end up in the wrong cells or organs and thereby damage healthy tissues.

Standing and staring at the line running along the stone, he knew he could part the delicate, dark - red tissue of the kidney along the avascular plane, across the organ's whole length, causing little blood loss or damage, and pop a kind of cartridge into this incision — a wafer of healthy kidney tissue.

The longer - term dream, however, is that the nascent technology of regenerative medicine might someday routinely use them to regrow diseased, damaged or missing tissues and organs.

The Center's goals are to understand the basic mechanisms underlying tissue and organ formation, and then to use this knowledge to regenerate, repair, and replace tissues damaged by aging and injury.

Every minute, someone comes into a hospital emergency department in the United States with sepsis, a life - threatening over-response to infection that damages tissues and organs.

During these forays, blood flow to nonessential tissues and organs is restricted, but the tissues are not damaged.

Geeting said early diagnosis and treatment are key to surviving sepsis because those who develop the more advanced septic shock — a lack of adequate blood supply to tissues and organs — have a greater chance of long - term organ damage, amputated limbs or death.

The team also saw no significant side effects on the mice during the study: there was no damage to other tissue or organs, and none of the mice showed any significant weight loss.

But even more far - ranging treatments may be possible with embryonic stem cells, the blank - slate cells that give rise to all organs and tissue types and that (theoretically) can repair all forms of organic damage and disease.

The gradual shrinking of telomeres negatively affects the replicative capacity of human adult stem cells, the cells that restore damaged tissues and / or replenish aging organs in our bodies.

As we fight off invaders, we inflict massive collateral damage on ourselves, poisoning our own organs and breaking down our own tissues.

A team of researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Center for Engineering in Medicine (MGH - CEM) have created a «liver on a chip,» a model of liver tissue that replicates the metabolic variations found throughout the organ and more accurately reflects the distinctive patterns of liver damage caused by exposure to environmental toxins, including pharmaceutical overdose.

That means they have the potential to repair damaged tissue and even grow into new organs.

These leaky toxins trigger a massive inflammatory response in the body, so massive that the attempt to fight off the toxins damages the body's own tissues and organs.

The ability of scientists to convert human skin cells into other cell types, such as neurons, has the potential to enhance understanding of disease and lead to finding new ways to heal damaged tissues and organs, a field called regenerative medicine.

Hard robots require a sophisticated feedback mechanism to help them determine how much force to apply during surgery so they do not damage our delicate tissues and organs.

It promised to realise the dream of repairing damaged tissues and organs using a patient's own cells.

Harvard Stem Cell Institute scientists at Brigham and Women's Hospital have found the cellular origin of the tissue scarring caused by organ damage associated with diabetes, lung disease, high blood pressure, kidney disease, and other conditions.

Nevertheless, the NGF antibodies had no ill effect on any other organs or tissues and for unexplained reasons did not damage the peripherally located sympathetic ganglia that control the sex organs in both sexes.

They maintain healthy tissues and organs by producing new cells to replenish dying cells and rebuild damaged tissues.

Regenerative medicine R&D efforts are focused largely on developing stem cell and tissue engineering therapies as a means to regenerate, replace or repair damaged tissues and organs.

The TNT technology can heal damaged tissue and rejuvenate aging cells including body organs, nerve cells, and blood vessels, reports Science Daily.

The TREND center has been established with the aim to generate collaborations across disciplines from Natural sciences to Engineering to understand the basic biology of how damaged tissues and organs can regenerate.

What if we could take a drug that would stimulate the regeneration of lost and damaged tissues and organs?

They are known to «home» to signals of inflammation in damaged tissue and organs to do their job repairing normal wear and tear on the body.

They circulate through our blood to repair tissue and organ damage.»

4/22/2008 Scientists Identify Novel Way to Prevent Cardiac Fibrosis In a study that points to a new strategy for preventing or possibly reversing fibrosis — the scarring that can lead to organ and tissue damage — researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have determined that a molecul... More...

One of the most serious classifications of this disease is known as diffuse scleroderma wherein the «sclerosis» (hardening of the tissue) occurs in the internal systems of the body, causing damage and widespread scarring to the skin as well as to various internal organs such as the lungs, kidneys, heart and gastrointestinal organs.

Graber will work in the institution's Kathryn W. Davis Center for Regenerative Biology and Medicine, where scientists are working to identify the molecular pathways responsible for regeneration in organisms that have retained the ability to regenerate lost and damaged tissues and organs, then screening for drugs with the potential to reawaken these dormant regeneration pathways in humans.

Regenerative medicine is dedicated to the study of repairing, replacing or regenerating damaged human cells, tissues or organs to restore or establish normal function; and it has potential applications to treat a wide variety of conditions.

Cell therapies deliver stem / progenitor, primary and / or genetically modified cells, to facilitate regeneration of damaged cells within an organ / tissue.

We are focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of cell based therapeutics that prevent, treat or cure disease by repairing and replacing damaged or aged tissue, cells and organs and restoring their normal function.

How can we manipulate these circuits in humans to trigger regeneration of lost or damaged tissues and organs?

Theorists envision creating machines that will be able to travel through the circulatory system, cleaning the arteries as they go; sending out troops to track down and destroy cancer cells and tumors; or repairing injured tissue at the site of the wound, even to the point of replacing missing limbs or damaged organs.

Basic scientists show stem cells help repair damaged tissue and organs.

This causes tissue damage and inflammation which can in turn result in life threatening conditions, such as organ failure.

It is known that a perturbation in the interaction between genetic, metabolic and energetic factors modulates metabolic responses of the whole organism and individual organs and tissues, predisposing the onset of diabetes mellitus and associated metabolic diseases (non-alcoholic fatty liver disease damaged renal function and cardiovascular disease).