«Engineering blood vessels for bypass surgery, promoting the formation of new blood vessels or regenerating new
skin tissue using stem cells obtained from the most accessible source — hair follicles — is a real possibility,» said Stelios T. Andreadis, Ph.D., co-author of the paper in Cardiovascular Research and associate professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering in the UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Not exact matches
Using patient's own
tissue and specific combination of reprogramming factors,
skin fibroblasts are successfully converted to cell type that... Continue reading Breakthrough Device Looks to Heal Organs
In a rare appearance Dr. Chandan Sen, Director, OSU Center for Regenerative Medicine & Cell - Based Therapies will explain how this breakthrough came about and how the technology is leading to other medical discoveries and how the principle can be
used to generate any
tissue out of
skin or fat which is abundant in human body.
According to Science Daily, Dr. Nagy, senior investigator at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital, there is a «new method of generating stem cells that does not require embryos as starting points and could be
used to generate cells from many adult
tissues such as a patient's own
skin cells.»
Unlike the controversial method of
tissue harvesting that requires some human embryos to be destroyed, the new cloning technique can
use a patient's own
skin cells — combined with an unfertilized human egg — to create
tissue with a DNA match.
Scientists looking for new methods to make human
tissue have successfully
used cloning technology to create embryonic stem cells from
skin cells.
Virgin Coconut oil is amazing for rebuilding
skin tissue when
used both topically and internally regularly.
Cyanoacrylate for
tissue repair is actually just plain old (sterile) superglue — but it's
used to glue together dry, neat
skin edges, not torn, wet mucosal
tissue... This person clearly has no idea...
Acupuncture is a system of complementary medicine that involves pricking the
skin or
tissues with needles,
used to alleviate pain and to treat various physical, mental, and emotional conditions.
After a few sprays you can then
use a nasal aspirator to suction the mucus out of the nose in order to avoid
tissues (which can irritate the sensitive
skin around a baby's nose).
At first we began
using these instead of
tissues for in - bed clean - up, and we were so pleased that they don't turn into shreds stuck to our
skin like
tissues do, and that they do come clean in the laundry.
NIACIN: (as Niacinamide): Aids normal functioning of
tissues, particularly
skin, gastrointestinal tract and nervous system;
used with other vitamins in converting carbohydrates to energy.NATURAL SOURCES: Liver, lean meat, whole wheat, brewer's yeast, wheat germ, fish, eggs, roasted peanuts, poultry, sesame seeds, nuts.
More gentle on the
skin than
tissues, Boogie Wipes clean up sticky mucus and moisturize little noses
using a gentle saline (salt & water) solution as well as aloe, chamomile, and vitamin E.
Alfano states «Resonant Raman
using the laser pointer 532 nm has become an e?cient tool for investigating molecular components in
tissues and cells, providing more detailed information and a way to detect diseases like
skin cancer, brain cancer, or atherosclerosis — in mere seconds.»
The quantity of protein clumps was calculated
using a computer program that measured the amount of
tissue in a
skin slice with protein clumps expressed as a percentage of the
tissue's total area.
Now licensed by
Tissue Science Laboratories for use in Europe and the U.S., it is derived from porcine skin, chemically treated to produce a collagenous, sterile, nonallergenic product, which resists biodegradation and can provide a permanent support for the ingrowth of new tissue and associated blood s
Tissue Science Laboratories for
use in Europe and the U.S., it is derived from porcine
skin, chemically treated to produce a collagenous, sterile, nonallergenic product, which resists biodegradation and can provide a permanent support for the ingrowth of new
tissue and associated blood s
tissue and associated blood supply.
Using magnetic resonance imaging, Dr. Kahleová and colleagues then studied adipose (fat - storage)
tissue in the subjects» thighs to see how the two different diets had affected subcutaneous, subfascial and intramuscular fat (that is, fat under the
skin, on the surface of muscles and inside muscles).
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.
Whether building organs or maintaining healthy adult
tissues, cells
use biochemical and mechanical cues from their environment to make important decisions, such as becoming a neuron, a
skin cell or a heart cell.
«Surgeons
use a variety of techniques to grow
skin for
tissue expansion procedures designed to grow
skin in one region of the body so that it can be auto - grafted on to another site [sometimes
used for burn victims],» said Guy German, assistant professor of biomedical engineering within the Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science at Binghamton University.
Researchers can create iPSCs from a patient's blood or
skin cells, and
use these patient - specific cells to study diseases or even create new
tissues that could be transplanted back into the patient as therapy.
Yin is
using zebrafish to study the regeneration of heart
tissue because of the amazing capacity of these common aquarium fish to regenerate the form and function of almost any body part, including heart, bone,
skin and blood vessels, regardless of their age.
A glue which is produced naturally by marine bacteria could be
used to repair ships» hulls without taking them into dry dock, and to seal wounds in human
skin and delicate
tissue.
A section of a ripe tomato sample showing the distribution of sucrose (orange) in the flesh and of an antioxidant (green) in the fruit
skin tissue; mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) technology was
used to map the molecules.
Tissue engineering is like other kinds of engineering, except instead of
using steel or computer code to make things, living cells from
skin, muscle or cartilage are the raw material.
Tissue, muscle and
skin are elastic and behave like a spring, and their characteristics can be expressed
using classical mathematical theory, Teran says.
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has analysed the effectiveness of its beauty patch,
using a technique for imaging live
tissue to demonstrate the patch's beneficial effects on the
skin.
Tissue banks are already
used to store small amounts of
skin material for evaluating the safety of new cosmetics, which reduces the need for animal testing.
Since the 1970s
tissue engineers have been figuring out how to grow
skin, bone, cartilage, and even parts of vital organs
using cells harvested directly from patients.
The scientist tested their set - up
using frozen human
skin cells, segments of pig heart
tissue, and sections of pig arteries in volumes almost 20 times larger than previously attempted samples.
We converted mouse
skin cells into induced pluripotent stem cells — undifferentiated cells that can be
used to generate any
tissue in the body.
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy are presenting collaborative research on the
use of mathematical methods for understanding the transportation of chemical compounds in biological
tissues, like the
skin.
Sperm and egg from
skin cells eventually might be
used for reproductive purposes, enabling parenthood at any age
using tissue from either the living or dead.
More important, the technique leaves the underlying
tissue unharmed, prefiguring a day when doctors might build miniature sensors directly onto the
skin of their patients, or biologists might
use microscopic tweezers to capture and study individual cells.
He rolled the larvae between his fingers, rubbing its
skin against a stick he
used as a pestle, and then extracted its
tissue in one of his special tools — an old giraffe or kudu knuckle bone, where he could mix it with the rest of the ingredients.
«Complications were most frequently related to
skin and soft
tissue infections caused by the
use of non-sterile needles,» Dr Flores said.
Using a two - ply of flexible, thin plastic, scientists have created novel electronic sensors that send signals to the brain
tissue of mice that closely mimic the nerve messages of touch sensors in human
skin.
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.
Both teams
used viruses to insert four genes comprising the transcription factors into
skin cells, and demonstrated that brain, heart and other
tissues could be created from cells created this way.
Both teams successfully
used these to reprogramme
skin cells in a lab dish into cells resembling embryonic stem cells, which have the ability to turn into any
tissue of the human body.
At the time, his varied interests — in the
use of
skin cell culture to treat burns, in human
tissue cultures, and in biopharmaceutical production — led him to do his final year, 6 - month project on culture in a bioreactor.
The research
used skin samples from five men to create what are known as induced pluripotent stem cells, which closely resemble embryonic stem cells in their ability to become nearly any
tissue in the body.
Alfano states «Resonant Raman
using the laser pointer 532 nm has become an efficient tool for investigating molecular components in
tissues and cells, providing more detailed information and a way to detect diseases like
skin cancer, brain cancer, or atherosclerosis — in mere seconds.»
The potential of iPS cells to help treat everything from damaged heart
tissue to Parkinson's disease, has prompted intensive research that has looked into the
use of
skin fibroblast cells as an alternative to controversial embryonic stem cells.
And iPS cells may have a particular advantage: Taking a person's own
skin cells, say, making them pluripotent, and then
using those cells to grow whatever kind of
tissue is needed could eliminate the
use of debilitating immunosuppressive drugs, which are required when transplanting cells or
tissue from a donor.
In addition to growing new
skin for burn victims, cells from hair follicles could potentially be
used to engineer vascular grafts and possibly regenerate cardiac
tissues for patients with heart problems.
Today, pieces of pig
skin tissue are
used as temporary bandages to cover serious burns on firefighters and other burn victims.
Yet this study brings us tantalisingly close to
using skin cells to grow many different types of human
tissues.
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.
Using that process, the scientists were able to produce a complex
skin tissue that formed muscle and nerve fibers.