Sentences with phrase «repair cell tissue»

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Drawing on Toronto's leading stem cell and tissue engineering expertise, one group will focus on new models for repairing damaged hearts.

A seriously ill person in need of embryonic stem cells to repair damaged tissue.

The antioxidants in AppleActiv play an important role in neutralizing oxidative damage caused by free radicals, repairing damage and protecting the normal functioning of cells and tissues.

These amino acids can be used to build or repair muscle fiber, to create any number of cells, to concoct hormones or to build any number of tissues that the body might need.

Phosphorus is also used by the body to synthesize protein for cell and tissue growth and repair.

Despite a tremendous amount of scientific study, many outstanding mysteries still surround the way in which cells in living tissue respond to and repair physical damage.

A FATTY apron of tissue called the omentum, which sits over the stomach and intestines, may be the perfect spot to grow patches of cells for heart repair.

«It was particularly exciting to observe that the repair of the skin epidermis involves the activation of very different stem cells that react the same way to the emergency situation of the wound and have the power to completely restore the damaged tissue», comments Mariaceleste Aragona, the first author of the study.

Researchers from the Institute for Integrated Cell - Material Sciences (iCeMS) of Kyoto University and the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery of Osaka University have developed effective and convenient Cardiac Tissue - Like Constructs (CTLCs) for repairing myocardial infarctions.

Stem cells have the potential to repair most tissues in the body.

One of the key questions in biology is to identify how tissues are repaired after trauma and understand how stem cells migrate, proliferate, and differentiate to repair tissue damage.

The secret to repairing our tissues and growing new organs is getting all touchy - feely with cells

Previous researchers have also used cell transplant technologies to repair injured hearts, but these used CMs organized in two dimensions with a random, myofibril structure, which is different from natural heart tissue.

When the modified cells were injected into mice whose hind limbs had been injured, the tissue that regrew to repair the damage had three times the blood vessel density of similar tissue in mice given unmodified cells.

The pairing of the two delivered the breakthrough solution, the researchers said, as neurons responded to the molecule, regenerating synapses in mouse ear tissue that led to repair of the hair cells and neurons, which are essential to hearing.

Defined as the harnessing of living processes to achieve healing and repair of damaged and diseased tissues by Tim Hardingham, director of the UK Centre for Tissue Engineering, it is a field that requires collaborative research involving cell and molecular biologists, chemical engineers, materials scientists, and surgeons.

Furthermore, the same team is applying new microgravity technology — originally developed by NASA for the International Space Station — to make large enough quantities of the stem cells to repair tissue damage in patients.

But the neurosurgeon who fused Boesen's neck bones to stabilize his spine offered a ray of hope: Boesen might qualify for an experimental treatment that uses stem cells to repair damaged tissue.

Hartgerink is a pioneer in the development of self - assembling multidomain peptide (MDP) hydrogels, which mimic the body's extracellular matrix to encourage the growth of cells and vascular systems for tissue repair.

The stem - cell - derived bone tissue helped repair cranial bone defects in mice without developing tumors or causing infection.

Investigators at Johns Hopkins report they have developed human induced - pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) capable of repairing damaged retinal vascular tissue in mice.

«The time is coming when we'll repair heart tissue after a heart attack and restore blood flow to limbs that would otherwise be amputated,» says stem cell researcher Robert Lanza of Advanced Cell Technology in Massachusecell researcher Robert Lanza of Advanced Cell Technology in MassachuseCell Technology in Massachusetts.

The enzyme, called tankyrase, may prove useful for extending the lives of cultured cells grown to repair burned skin and other damaged tissue.

Once stem cells can be grown and differentiated in a controlled way to replace degenerated cells and repair tissues, medical science may then be able to diagnose and cure many intractable diseases at their earliest stages, such as type 1 diabetes, Parkinson's disease, various cardiovascular diseases, liver disease, and cancer.

Originally, researchers thought Th2 response had evolved to promote tissue repair; however, in the context of lung virus infections, Th2 cells appear to contribute to the overactive immune responses that endanger patients.

Labs could rejuvenate cells from patients and perhaps then grow them into new tissue that could repair parts worn out by old age or disease.

Now, with new kinds of technologies that are coming up, new types of tissue engineering and, you know, some of the hopes that people have for stem cells and [the] like, it may be interesting to see if there are other ways, alternatives to dealing with really badly damaged hearts that would involve growing a new heart or replacing or repairing the damage d to a badly damaged heart that might make artificial hearts less important in the somewhat more distant future.

As fluid and white blood cells rush to the damaged tissue, it becomes inflamed in an effort to repair the tissue and protect it from further damage.

As the wound heals, the gel breaks down into amino acids — the building blocks of proteins — that can be taken up by nearby cells and used for tissue repair, according to MIT neuroscientist Rutledge Ellis - Behnke.

However, ChABC gene therapy decreased the presence of these cells and increased the presence of other immune cells called M2 macrophages that help to reduce inflammation and enhance tissue repair.

Nevertheless, as people grow older the number of stem cells decreases and those that remain are less able to grow and repair tissue.

The scientists, led by Dr Paul Genever in the Arthritis Research UK Tissue Engineering Centre in the University's Department of Biology, have developed a technique to rejuvenate cells from older people with osteoarthritis to repair worn or damaged cartilage thus reducing pain.

A study published by Cell Press November 7th in the journal Cell has revealed that an evolutionarily conserved gene called Lin28a, which is very active in embryos but not in adults, enhances tissue repair after injury when reactivated in adult mice.

Some data suggest that the mechanisms for each CHI3L1 function - cell protection and tissue repair - involve different pathways and or receptors.

Blood stem cells can occasionally become muscle cells and help repair damaged tissue, new research finds.

In a study published online in Circulation Research late last year, Chaudhry and colleagues found that fetal cells in mice migrated to the mother's heart, differentiated into functioning cardiac cells, and accelerated repair to damaged heart tissue.

The lingering of the fetal DNA, research suggests, may be a mixed blessing for a mom: The cells may benefit the mother's health — by promoting tissue repair and improving the immune system — but may also cause adverse effects, such as autoimmune reactions.

Importantly, the micro environment created by the features of a breast implant is critical for breast tissue cells to adhere to that surface and grow on,» said Dr Ardeshir Bayat, from the University's Institute of Inflammation and Repair, who led the study.

It feeds back to protect injured cells from dying and simultaneously stimulates tissue repair to patch the damage that has occurred.

All of these findings were supplemented with several other experiments that were designed to learn how CHI3L1 interacts with other cells involved in the tissue repair response in both human and mouse lungs.

Their series of experiments showed that a single application of concentrated, mature B cells accelerated wound healing and improved the quality of tissue repair in both animal models.

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 substance may be used for biomedical applications, ranging from cell culture and drug delivery to repairing and replacing tissue, organs and cartilage.

Recent experiments, for instance, suggest that when an organ lacks LGR -5-positive cells, differentiated cells may be able to «dedifferentiate» and repair tissues — a radical change from the one - way street toward specific identities that stem cells were thought to travel.

Twenty - five years from now, our kids will only know some diseases, such as osteoporosis, from old books, and by then we will probably know how to repair tissues with stem cells.

The study of these creatures has the potential to be rather robust in implications for regenerative medicine, an area of treatment for repairing or replacing human cells, tissues or organs on Earth to restore normal function.

Stem cell treatments are already a reality for diseases of the blood, such as leukemia and sickle - cell anemia (like Paizley's), and for tissue repair of the skin and the cornea.

Burdick's team and other research groups are also designing hydrogels that contain drugs or cells that can repair heart tissue.

Understanding stem cell biology may mean we can control stem cell behaviour and harness their power for tissue repair.

Dr. Stoddart's main research focus is using autologous stem cells and gene transfer to repair musculoskeletal tissues using a cell therapy approach.