Our bodies also synthesize nitric oxide, and nitric oxide
works on our blood vessels to dilate them and increase blood flow.
Not exact matches
His company is
working on a device that collects
blood samples from people at home who attach the collection
vessel to their skin with an adhesive so it can draw a clean sample.
The doctor who does the procedure is a cardiologist, which means a doctor who
works on the heart and
blood vessels.
Niklason hopes that other simple engineered tissues, such as the
blood vessels she has been
working on, will be ready for human trials within a year.
Based
on the pioneering
work of Dr. Claire Lugassy and Dr. Raymond Barnhill at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, a new study provides additional support for a process by which melanoma cells, a deadly form of skin cancer, can spread throughout the body by creeping like tiny spiders along the outside of
blood vessels without ever entering the
blood stream, and that this process is exacerbated by exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light.
Now, we're actively
working on separating Notch's two pathways so that we can create drugs that target the intracellular domain alone, sparing the TMD and thus preserving the integrity of the
blood vessels,» says Karen Hirschi, Ph.D., Professor of Medicine and Genetics at the Yale School of Medicine, who collaborated
on the study.
The study is «a useful step in this effort to develop fully functional tissues with
blood vessels,» says chemical engineer Abraham Stroock of Cornell University, who also
works on engineering
blood vessels in tissue using different techniques.
An enzyme known as SHP - 1, which can suppress the growth of smooth muscle cells lining the inside of
blood vessels, plays a crucial role in stent failure, says George King, M.D., Joslin's Chief Scientific Officer and senior author
on a paper in the journal Diabetologia describing the
work.
Dr. Chen's previous
work focused
on retinal vascular biology to understand the causes and identify potential therapies to treat pathologic
blood vessel growth in eye diseases, including the wet form of AMD.
She is institutional principal investigator of the Phase I Consortium Study in New Agents in Neuroblastoma Treatment and directs NIH - funded
work on effects of SPARC (secreted protein acidic and rich in cysteine, an amino acid)
on neuroblastoma tumor growth and
blood vessel formation.
By the end of the two years, we will have
worked out how good this experimental approach is at preventing
blood vessel growth, and also any possible side effects
on healthy eye cells.
Most previous
work on wound healing in diabetes has focused
on the types of cells that are involved in wound healing such as immune cells, skin cells and the cells that form
blood vessels.
While
working at the Institute in 1959, the biochemist and expert in human nutrition David Kritchevsky, Ph.D., published the influential textbook Cholesterol, which explored his studies
on the mechanisms of atherosclerosis, or fat deposits in
blood vessels, and the role of cholesterol deposits in cardiovascular disease.
Nondrowsy decongestants are generally based
on pseudoephedrine, an ingredient that
works by constricting
blood vessels, which can be good for congestion but is not always a good thing.
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Terpenoids primarily
work on dilating
blood vessels and reducing formation of sticky platelets, which in turn improves circulation.
While we sleep, our body is hard at
work performing repairs
on the heart,
blood vessels, brain and other tissues that help keep chronic disease at bay.
Lesson activity modeling
blood clots using straws following
work on blood and
blood vessels; students enjoyed this investigation and answered differentiated questions.
By dilating the
blood vessels taking
blood away from the heart, it decreases the
work the heart must do to pump
blood around the body and thereby reduces the afterload
on the heart
If you didn't plan in advance, and you accidentally hit the
blood vessel and you don't have any QwikStop
on hand, you can use cornstarch, flour, or even quick dry nail polish to try and get it to stop bleeding, but they don't
work nearly as well.