Sentences with phrase «developed skin tissue»

Besides its potential application in human patients, the newly developed skin tissue also could be used as an alternative to testing cosmetics on animals, the researchers said.

Individuals with darker pigmentation — in particular people with African, Hispanic or South - Asian genetic background — are more likely to develop this skin tissue disorder.

Not exact matches

She rather looks like an old man, due to a red wrinkled skin with an insufficiently developed subcutaneous tissue.

To develop their «disease in a dish» model, the team took skin cells from patients with Allan - Herndon - Dudley syndrome and reprogrammed them into induced pluripotent stem cells, which then can be developed into any type of tissue in the body.

Now, the «smart» bandage developed by the team provides direct, noninvasive measurement of tissue oxygenation by combining three simple, compact and inexpensive components: a bright sensor molecule with a long phosphorescence lifetime and appropriate dynamic range; a bandage material compatible with the sensor molecule that conforms to the skin's surface to form an airtight seal; and an imaging device capable of capturing the oxygen - dependent signals from the bandage with high signal - to - noise ratio.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has expressed several concerns regarding population - wide screening for skin cancer, including uncertainty whether screening would reduce deaths, having patients undergo unnecessary tissue biopsies and the cost associated with screening individuals who have a low - risk for developing skin cancer.

Immediate applications for the oxygen - sensing bandage include monitoring patients with a risk of developing ischemic (restricted blood supply) conditions, postoperative monitoring of skin grafts or flaps, and burn - depth determination as a guide for surgical debridement — the removal of dead or damaged tissue from the body.

«We wanted to develop a simple, convenient, and cost - effective device able to inhibit keloid growth in skin tissue and reduce the size of disfiguring scars,» adds Yuejun Kang, another key investigator in the study from NTU.

Bioengineers have developed a new protein - based gel that, when exposed to light, mimics many of the properties of elastic tissue, such as skin and blood vessels.

A team of bioengineers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), led by Ali Khademhosseini, PhD, and Nasim Annabi, PhD, of the Biomedical Engineering Division, has developed a new protein - based gel that, when exposed to light, mimics many of the properties of elastic tissue, such as skin and blood vessels.

And a survey by RTI International found that an estimated 7 percent of Americans have Dupuytren contracture, a hand condition that develops when the connective tissue under the palm's skin contracts and toughens over time.

Professor Tony Ryan from the Department of Chemistry is leading an inter-disciplinary research team to develop tissue - engineered skin for accident victims.

Over the past ten years, researchers have developed several promising gene therapy techniques to grow skin, bone, and other tissues for reconstructive surgery.

The treatment is promising enough that research teams around the world are developing similar stem cell therapies that can target and eradicate cancers of the prostate, lung, breast, skin and other tissues.

In consideration of these issues, the research group developed porous films using pig - skin - derived gelatin chemically modified with hexanoyl group that is believed to provide superb tissue adhesiveness and excellent bonding to growth factors.

A group that included researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and the University of Cambridge, both in the United Kingdom, developed a possible treatment for A1ATD by first reprogramming a skin cell from a patient into iPS cells, which are embryonic - like cells that can develop into many tissue types.

Converting adult skin cells into pluripotent cells — immature stem cells that can be programmed to become any tissue in the body — is a rapidly developing area of science that earned the researcher who discovered the technique, Shinya Yamanaka, a Nobel Prize in 2012.

In the case of gene editing, Verma is creating induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from patients by taking, for example, skin cells of patients, coaxing them back into an early stem cell state, and then providing conditions to make those cells develop into more complex brain, lung, prostate and breast tissues.

Stem cells from the bone marrow can develop into cardiac muscle, as well as liver, brain, nerve, fat and skin tissue.

We focus on squamous tissues, the skin epidermis and the lining of the oesophagus, using transgenic models, novel sequencing approaches, live imaging and single cell analysis to uncover key steps in cancer development, with aim of developing rational interventions to decrease cancer risk.

We have developed a sequencing based approach to show similar in human tissues, finding around a third of cells in normal sun exposed facial skin carry cancer driver gene mutations.

Researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and Newcastle University have collected genomic data from over 250 thousand cells from a range of donated developing human tissues including liver, skin, kidney and placenta.

In a developing embryo, stem cells can differentiate into all the specialized cells, but also maintain the normal turnover of regenerative organs, such as blood, skin, or intestinal tissues.

Salk researchers reprogrammed skins cells taken from a sickle cell disease patient into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), immature cells capable of developing into any type of bodily tissue.

The technique uses cells from a patient's skin to generate induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), which are capable of developing into various types of mature tissues — including blood.

Now, the team is collaborating with plastic surgeons to see how their research can be applied to human scar tissue, which often prevents skin structures from developing on the area after it's healed.

Lysine is considered to be one of the building material of protein, that is essential for optimal muscle growth and converting fatty acids into energy, lowering your cholesterol levels and collagen formation for developing tissues, strong bones, skin, tendons, and cartilage.

According to Dr. Prudden, «bovine cartilage closely resembles fetal mesenchyme, the primordial tissue from which muscle, bone, tendons, ligaments, skin, fat and bone marrow (the heart of the immune system) all develop.»

All of these can help to regenerate your skin tissue as well as help to reduce those dreaded dark circles that can develop under your eyes.

Vitamin E, helps fight against the formation of free radicals (your skin's worst enemy), and Vitamin A stimulates the cells that are responsible for developing tissue that keeps skin firm and healthy.

Snacks that include a mix of brightly coloured produce will also provide the most varied selection of beneficial nutrients: fresh fruits are a great source of vitamin C, which strengthens children's connective tissue, muscles and skin and increases resistance to infection; dried fruit is an excellent source of iron, which is especially essential during periods of rapid growth; orange vegetables such as carrot sticks are a great source of vitamin A, which promotes normal growth, healthy skin, and tissue repair, and aids in night and colour vision; yogurts are a good source of calcium, perfect for developing bones.

Cefovecin sodium [Convenia ®; Pfizer Animal Health; USA] is a newly developed, semi-synthetic, extended - spectrum injectable third - generation cephalosporin administered at 8 mg / kg subcutaneously (SC) for the treatment of UTI and skin and soft tissue infections in dogs and cats and it has been approved for subcutaneous (SC) injections in cats since 2006 in EU and 2008 in USA [4,6 - 9].

Over time (typically about eight months) these larvae thrive and develop in the bitten cat's body, initially in the subcutaneous tissues directly beneath the skin, then in the muscle tissues and eventually in the right ventricle of the animal's heart, in its lungs and in the arteries associated with those vital organs.

He developed chronically itchy skin (with blisters and black scar tissue from scratching), and his owners did not know what to do with him.

What we do know is that skin tags are composed of fibrous tissues which develop as a possible result of past damage, chronic trauma, skin infections, and genetic factors.

Some localized red mange cases develop into a diffused localized form where most of the effects are to the skin (involving deep skin tissues.

Mast cell tumors and soft tissue sarcomas, two potentially malignant tumors, also develop under the skin and can feel soft and squishy just like a lipoma.

Case in point, here is what the National Insititutes of Health lists as symptoms of swallowing or merely breathing in oven cleaners: Breathing difficulty; throat swelling; severe pain in the throat; severe pain or burning in the nose, eyes, ears, lips, or tongue; vision loss; abdominal pain; bloody stools; burns and possible holes of the esophagus; vomiting, possibly bloody; collapse; low blood pressure — develops rapidly; severe change in blood acid level — leads to organ damage; skin burns; holes in the skin or underlying tissues; irritation.

This injury to the skin can further develop in damage to the underlying tissues beneath it.

Bed sores which are not handled properly can develop further complications, including sepsis, (bacterial infection in the wound which can be life - threatening), cellulitis, (infection of the skin), infections of deeper tissue such as joints and bones, and a type of skin cancer which is associated with non-healing wounds.