Yearly dental cleanings and home dental care can help prevent some types of
organ diseases by minimizing spread of bacteria from the mouth into the bloodstream.
Not exact matches
[1] It is comprised of a network of cells and
organs working together to defend the body against infection and sickness
by producing secretions and
disease - fighting cells.
Post-race, the blood of a marathoner can paint a picture of
diseased organs and biochemical decay thanks to compounds tossed off
by the skeletal muscle, heart, and liver, such as troponin, a cardiac enzyme whose elevation signals trauma to the heart.
Infertility can often occur because of damage to the reproductive
organs caused
by disease or injury.
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.
The herpes virus typically does not cause major health problems until the immune system is compromised — after an
organ transplant,
by AIDS or another
disease that affects the immune system, or in older age.
These techniques include: human tissue created
by reprogramming cells from people with the relevant
disease (dubbed «patient in a dish»); «body on a chip» devices, where human tissue samples on a silicon chip are linked
by a circulating blood substitute; many computer modelling approaches, such as virtual
organs, virtual patients and virtual clinical trials; and microdosing studies, where tiny doses of drugs given to volunteers allow scientists to study their metabolism in humans, safely and with unsurpassed accuracy.
Huh's team could give the
organ the symptoms of dry eye
disease by making it blink less frequently, so the device could be used to test the safety and effectiveness of new eye drop medications.
Still's
disease is a serious orphan
disease manifested
by high fevers, skin and joint involvement, including paralysis, as well as damage to other
organs such as the liver or spleen.
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.
Attacking its victim's white blood cells, E. chaffeensis causes a
disease called ehrlichiosis, characterized
by fever, malaise, body aches, and, if left untreated,
organ failure.
The investigators suggest that the premature loss of estrogen caused
by the oophorectomy may affect a series of aging mechanisms at the cellular and tissue level across the whole body leading to
diseases in multiple systems and
organs.
«If human
organs on chips can be shown to be robust and consistently recapitulate complex human
organ physiology and
disease phenotypes in unrelated laboratories around the world, as suggested
by early proof - of - concept studies, then we will see them progressively replace one animal model at a time.
Future studies will focus on using these nanobowls to deliver anle138b to the brain, as well as other
diseased tissues and
organs affected
by toxic amyloid - beta ion channels.
In future, Radisic envisions her lab - grown tissues being implanted into the body to repair
organs damaged
by disease.
Some are missing small chunks of their fins — evidence that a shark took an exploratory bite when the animal was slowed
by disease or after its
organs gave out.
In a 14 - hour operation last July in Vienna, Austria, a team of nine surgeons led
by Rolf Ewers removed the
diseased organ and replaced it with a tongue from a brain - dead donor.
Hath not a Jew hands,
organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions; fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same
diseases, heal'd
by the same means, warm'd and cool'd
by the same winter and summer, as a Christian is?
SLE is a genetically complex chronic relapsing autoimmune
disease characterised
by inflammation that may affect different tissues, including the skin, joint linings, lungs, kidneys and other
organs.
The team reports that LRP is present in higher levels in
organs that are affected
by prion
diseases, including the brain, spleen, and pancreas.
Recently, medical researchers have discovered ways to treat neurological
diseases, anaemia, leukaemia, epilepsy, stroke and several other conditions
by transplanting fetal tissue into brains and other
organs.
This time, none of the
organs, major arteries, or brain areas usually affected
by the
disease were cited.
Scientists say the finding brings them closer to growing entire
organs in the lab, including eyes that could replace those damaged
by injury or
disease.
To speed things even more, Collins and Tsui joined forces in 1987, unleashing a small army of some 20 scientists to find the suspect gene wreaking havoc in patients» sweat glands, pancreas and lungs — all
organs affected
by the
disease.
The team tested AC1903 in a rat model of kidney
disease caused
by hypertension and saw the same results: The treatment preserved kidney podocytes and prevented the
organs from failing, even in advanced
disease.
Moreover, while death and graft loss resulting from
organ rejection has improved in past 30 years, up to 42 % of non-graft related deaths are attributed to cardiovascular
disease according to a 2002 study
by Vogt et al..
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.
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Our work has implications for two human genetic
diseases, which are caused
by mutations in the ATP7B and ATP7A genes and lead to copper overload in the liver (Wilson
Disease), due to the failure to excrete copper into the bile, and copper deficiency in many
organs (Menkes
Disease), due to the failure to deliver intestinal copper to the blood.
«It's amazing that
by studying genes in a two - dimensional cluster of heart cells, we were able to discover insights into a
disease that affects a complicated three - dimensional
organ,» said Ang.
This
disease is characterized
by the formation of benign tumors (hamartomas) in several
organs.
Adult stem / progenitor cells are present in many
organs and tissues, e.g., bone marrow, teeth, heart, gut, kidney and liver, and remain quiescent for long period of time until activated
by a
disease or injury trigger.
Over the last few years, scientists have been able to recreate accurate models of human
organs by embedding living tissue onto chips, allowing them to study the effects of drugs and
diseases without testing on animals or humans.
The provided information has been manually curated and can be searched and sorted
by various criteria:
disease, affected
organ / tissue, product specifications, sponsorship or phase of development.
The ability to switch on and mobilise resident stem cells in regeneration will be important in a wide range of new therapies, particularity for
organs affected
by injury or
disease.
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.
Given the critical shortage of donor
organs to replace those damaged
by accident or
disease, it has long been a goal of science to create human
organs from stem cells.
Conveniently organized
by organ system or
disease and covers every essential area of nuclear medicine.
What could medicine look like someday if, instead of focusing primarily on the
organ affected
by a
disease — neurologists examining brain
diseases, pulmonologists focusing on lung
diseases — our system was centered on how cells process energy?
These syndromes include conditions in which autoimmunity is clearly implicated as causal, in light of identification of autoantibodies to relevant autoantigens;
diseases suspected to be autoimmune because of the presence of autoantibodies, although the autoreactive response has not been proven to be pathogenic and could be a consequence or marker of tissue damage; and other
diseases often considered to be «autoimmune,» such as psoriasis or inflammatory bowel
disease, characterized
by organ - targeted inflammation but without evidence of a stimulating autoantigen.
By studying them, we are beginning to gain insight into human
disease — to understand why
organs such as the heart can not repair themselves or why, as we age, the incidence of debilitating
diseases such as cancer, heart
disease and Alzheimer's increases so rapidly, and we are developing new therapies that will enhance our abilities to regenerate damaged tissues and prolong healthy lifespan.
These constructs simulate three - dimensional models of
organs and could be used to discover and develop new drugs, model
diseases, and, ultimately, directly repair, restore, and replace
organs damaged
by injury or
disease — all vital aspects of regenerative medicine.
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Disease - driving pathways that involve the human immune system are often targeted
by antibodies, and
Organ - Chips recreate complex interactions of different human cell types and aspects of the human immune system, overcoming limitations of animal models which do not reflect all human immune cells.
By learning the secrets of our «other»
organ — the microbiome — we can use this knowledge to prevent, treat, and cure
disease.
In addition to
organ functions, common
diseases are described in an easily understood manner
by comparing healthy and affected
organs.
Although there are many different types of autoimmune
diseases and they can affect many different
organs, at their core they are all similar in that they are an immune response caused
by systemic inflammation that leads your body to attack itself.
Stimulating the acupuncture points helps to direct energy to your body's systems and
organs that have been weakened
by diseases and chronic exposure to toxic chemicals and toxic metals.
For about half of those with systemic lupus erythematosus — the most common type of lupus — a major
organ like the kidneys, heart, lungs, or brain will be damaged
by the
disease.
Valine may help treat liver and gallbladder
disease, as well as damage to these
organs caused
by alcoholism and drug abuse.
Conventional medicine, as you called it earlier, was created in response to mainly acute
disease where you have a single cause and single effect, and now medicine is trying to adapt to this now environment of chronic
disease, which is driven
by lifestyle, it's multi-systemic, it's across many different
organs, and so that linear model of thinking doesn't really work.