Shape is thought to play an important role in the effectiveness of cells grown to repair or
replace damaged tissue in the body.
Not exact matches
What's new
in the Czech study, explains pathologist Carol Meteyer of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Wildlife Health Center
in Madison, Wisc., is the confirmation of
tissue damage characteristic of clinical white - nose sydrome: skin being digested by the pathogen as the fungi's fibrous segments enter a bat's wing and begin
replacing its cells.
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.
One field that stands to benefit is
tissue engineering, where the goal is to
replace damaged biological
tissues, such as
in knee repairs or
in creating artificial livers,» said Professor Subra Suresh, who will be assuming office as the NTU President on 1 January 2018.
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.
In the longer term, these methods could hasten progress toward
replacing a
damaged or diseased kidney with
tissue derived from a patient's own cells.
And by creating personalized organoids from the reprogrammed cells of patients, scientists could study disease
in a very individualized way — or maybe even use organoid structures to
replace certain
damaged tissues, such as
in the liver or spinal cord.
But fetal
tissue is scarce, and research
in the past several years suggests that stem cells, which can be mass produced
in a test tube, can also
replace damaged brain
tissue.
Seki believes that the trehalose and perfluorocarbon
replace the water
in the cells, preventing
tissue damage.
That might actually be true if the dentist's drill is
replaced by a low - powered laser that can prompt stem cells to make
damaged hard
tissue in teeth regrow.
The method also represents an early but important step toward building fully functional replacements for injured or diseased
tissue that can be designed from CAT scan data using computer - aided design (CAD), printed
in 3D at the push of a button, and used by surgeons to repair or
replace damaged tissue.
It provides an innovative way to
replace damaged meniscal
tissue with a patented fiber - reinforced design similar to the native meniscus and can be attached to both soft
tissue and bone, allowing it to be used
in total meniscus replacement surgery.
Clarke notes that this kind of work — reprogramming normal cells to
replace damaged tissues or organs
in regenerative medicine, or even growing cells from an individual's cancer to determine what the best treatment is — speaks to the doctrine rather than challenges it.
The model organism offers a way to better understand stem cell - driven regeneration processes, an important step
in regenerative medicine and the promise of therapies to repair or
replace damaged human
tissue.
We are developing a new kind of medicine: regenerative therapies that remove, repair,
replace, or render harmless the cellular and molecular
damage that has accumulated
in our
tissues with time.
The unique blend of stem and regenerative cells found
in your adipose
tissue have the capability to reduce inflammation and prevent continued cell death while repairing /
replacing damaged tissue.
In cases of Parkinson's Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer's or other neurodegenerative disease, adult stem cells can slow the degenerative progression of your symptoms while restoring blood flow to the brain and repairing or
replacing damaged tissue.
Cambridge, Mass. - September 5, 2012 - A team of experts
in mechanics, materials science, and
tissue engineering at Harvard have created an extremely stretchy and tough gel that may pave the way to
replacing damaged cartilage
in human joints.
Your fat
tissue contains the most abundant source of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs)
in your body — a class of repair cells which have the ability to decrease inflammation, repair or
replace damaged tissue while stimulating new blood vessel growth for improved blood flow.
Although your adult stem cells have the capacity to repair or
replace damaged tissue, the powerful cells which reside
in your body fat (or adipose
tissue) have a few other important functions which make them uniquely qualified for the job of treating chronic disease:
«
In the shorter term, within the next decade, we should be able to boost the self - healing properties of our
tissues, and start to
replace and repair small regions of
damaged tissue,» he says.
In the future, the researchers are looking at using the new material to create new organs and
replace damaged ones, as well as fabricate other body
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.
Once
in your brain, your stem cells are called upon to perform the important task of improving blood flow to
tissues, halting destructive inflammation and premature
tissue death, while ultimately
replacing damaged cells.
This is especially dangerous because red blood cells can uptake carbon monoxide faster than oxygen so if there is a lot of carbon monoxide
in the air, it can
replace oxygen
in cells, leading to injury,
tissue damage and eventually death.
Traditionally, injuries of this nature have been remedied using a procedure
in which the
damaged ligament is removed and a large, strong suture
replaces it to tighten the joint and provide stability until the dog's own healed
tissue is able to hold the knee
in place.
Whether the inflammation is successful
in removing the
damaged tissue depends on the size of the lump, number and activity of the cells and how quickly fibrous
tissue surrounds and
replaces the dead
tissue.
ACT - activated clotting time (bleeding disorders) ACTH - adrenocorticotropic hormone (adrenal gland function) Ag - antigen test for proteins specific to a disease causing organism or virus Alb - albumin (liver, kidney and intestinal disorders) Alk - Phos, ALP alkaline phosphatase (liver and adrenal disorders) Allergy Testing intradermal or blood antibody test for allergen hypersensitivity ALT - alanine aminotransferase (liver disorder) Amyl - amylase enzyme — non specific (pancreatitis) ANA - antinuclear antibody (systemic lupus erythematosus) Anaplasmosis Anaplasma spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) APTT - activated partial thromboplastin time (blood clotting ability) AST - aspartate aminotransferase (muscle and liver disorders) Band band cell — type of white blood cell Baso basophil — type of white blood cell Bile Acids digestive acids produced
in the liver and stored
in the gall bladder (liver function) Bili bilirubin (bile pigment responsible for jaundice from liver disease or RBC destruction) BP - blood pressure measurement BUN - blood urea nitrogen (kidney and liver function) Bx biopsy C & S aerobic / anaerobic bacterial culture and antibiotic sensitivity test (infection, drug selection) Ca +2 calcium ion — unbound calcium (parathyroid gland function) CBC - complete blood count (all circulating cells) Chol cholesterol (liver, thyroid disorders) CK, CPK creatine [phospho] kinase (muscle disease, heart disease) Cl - chloride ion — unbound chloride (hydration, blood pH) CO2 - carbon dioxide (blood pH) Contrast Radiograph x-ray image using injected radiopaque contrast media Cortisol hormone produced by the adrenal glands (adrenal gland function) Coomb's anti- red blood cell antibody test (immune - mediated hemolytic anemia) Crea creatinine (kidney function) CRT - capillary refill time (blood pressure,
tissue perfusion) DTM - dermatophyte test medium (ringworm — dermatophytosis) EEG - electroencephalogram (brain function, epilepsy) Ehrlichia Ehrlichia spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) EKG, ECG - electrok [c] ardiogram (electrical heart activity, heart arryhthmia) Eos eosinophil — type of white blood cell Fecal, flotation, direct intestinal parasite exam FeLV Feline Leukemia Virus test FIA Feline Infectious Anemia: aka Feline Hemotrophic Mycoplasma, Haemobartonella felis test FIV Feline Immunodeficiency Virus test Fluorescein Stain fluorescein stain uptake of cornea (corneal ulceration) fT4, fT4ed, freeT4ed thyroxine hormone unbound by protein measured by equilibrium dialysis (thyroid function) GGT gamma - glutamyltranferase (liver disorders) Glob globulin (liver, immune system) Glu blood or urine glucose (diabetes mellitus) Gran granulocytes — subgroup of white blood cells Hb, Hgb hemoglobin — iron rich protein bound to red blood cells that carries oxygen (anemia, red cell mass) HCO3 - bicarbonate ion (blood pH) HCT, PCV, MHCT hematocrit, packed - cell volume, microhematocrit (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) K + potassium ion — unbound potassium (kidney disorders, adrenal gland disorders) Lipa lipase enzyme — non specific (pancreatitis) LYME Borrelia spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) Lymph lymphocyte — type of white blood cell MCHC mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (anemia, iron deficiency) MCV mean corpuscular volume — average red cell size (anemia, iron deficiency) Mg +2 magnesium ion — unbound magnesium (diabetes, parathyroid function, malnutrition) MHCT, HCT, PCV microhematocrit, hematocrit, packed - cell volume (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) MIC minimum inhibitory concentration — part of the C&S that determines antimicrobial selection Mono monocyte — type of white blood cell MRI magnetic resonance imaging (advanced
tissue imaging) Na + sodium ion — unbound sodium (dehydration, adrenal gland disease) nRBC nucleated red blood cell — immature red blood cell (bone marrow
damage, lead toxicity) PCV, HCT, MHCT packed - cell volume, hematocrit, microhematocrit (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) PE physical examination pH urine pH (urinary tract infection, urolithiasis) Phos phosphorus (kidney disorders, ketoacidosis, parathyroid function) PLI pancreatic lipase immunoreactivity (pancreatitis) PLT platelet — cells involved
in clotting (bleeding disorders) PT prothrombin time (bleeding disorders) PTH parathyroid hormone, parathormone (parathyroid function) Radiograph x-ray image RBC red blood cell count (anemia) REL Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / Ehrlichia / Lyme combination test Retic reticulocyte — immature red blood cell (regenerative vs. non-regenerative anemia) RMSF Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever SAP serum alkaline phosphatase (liver disorders) Schirmer Tear Test tear production test (keratoconjunctivitis sicca — dry eye,) Seg segmented neutrophil — type of white blood cell USG Urine specific gravity (urine concentration, kidney function) spec cPL specific canine pancreatic lipase (pancreatitis)--
replaces the PLI test spec fPL specific feline pancreatic lipase (pancreatitis)--
replaces the PLI test T4 thyroxine hormone — total (thyroid gland function) TLI trypsin - like immunoreactivity (exocrine pancreatic insufficiency) TP total protein (hydration, liver disorders) TPR temperature / pulse / respirations (physical exam vital signs) Trig triglycerides (fat metabolism, liver disorders) TSH thyroid stimulating hormone (thyroid gland function) UA urinalysis (kidney function, urinary tract infection, diabetes) Urine Cortisol - Crea Ratio urine cortisol - creatine ratio (screening test for adrenal gland disease) Urine Protein - Crea Ratio urine protein - creatinine ratio (kidney disorders) VWF VonWillebrands factor (bleeding disorder) WBC white blood cell count (infection, inflammation, bone marrow suppression)