Stem cells used to model infant birth defect
Hemangiomas -- strawberry-like birthmarks that commonly develop in early infancy - are generally harmless, but up to 10 percent cause tissue distortion or destruction and sometimes obstruction of...
View ArticleResearchers uncover novel genetic pathway responsible for triggering vascular...
Most solid cancers can't grow beyond a limited size without an adequate blood supply and supporting vascular network. Because of this, cancer researchers have sought to understand how a tumor's...
View ArticleComparative-effectiveness study confirms new treatment for diabetic macular...
Researchers have shown that ranibizumab (Lucentis) eye injections, often in combination with laser treatment, result in better vision than laser treatment alone for diabetes-associated swelling of the...
View ArticleAMD risk on the rise for Asians; retinal vein 'bypass' may help many CRVO...
The May issue of Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, includes a surprising, first report on increasing rates of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) among Asians, and...
View ArticleDown's Syndrome Chromosome Yields More Cancer-Blocking Genes
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London have discovered cancer-blocking activity for genes carried on chromosome 21 - an extra copy of which is carried by people with Down’s...
View ArticleResearchers seek to put the squeeze on cancer
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cancer researchers have been studying angiogenesis — the growth of new blood vessels — since the early 1970s, when Judah Folkman first theorized that tumors could be destroyed by...
View ArticleSpecific blood-derived cells promote survival in heart attack model
A research team from McGill University (Canada) report a beneficial effect on cardiac function in mouse models when implanted monocytes - a type of white blood cell that is part of the immune system -...
View ArticleIngredient in red wine may prevent some blinding diseases
found in red wine, grapes, blueberries, peanuts and other plants — stops out-of-control blood vessel growth in the eye, according to vision researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in...
View ArticleStudy finds new key to corneal transplant success
Although it is already one of medicine's most successful transplant procedures, doctors continue to seek ways to improve corneal transplants. Now, for the first time, a team of German and British...
View ArticleOvercoming ovarian cancer
(PhysOrg.com) -- UCI's gynecologic oncology group forges what is being called the largest breakthrough for treating ovarian cancer in more than a decade.
View ArticleNoninvasive MR imaging of blood vessel growth in tumors using nanosized...
Formation of new blood vessels, also known as angiogenesis, is crucial for sustained tumor growth and cancer metastasis. Recently, clinically available therapies to suppress the growth of these vessels...
View ArticleScientists find gas pedal -- and brake -- for uncontrolled cell growth
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a new way to regulate the uncontrolled growth of blood vessels, a major problem in a broad range of diseases...
View ArticleChronic skin inflammation alleviated with lymphatic vessel growth stimulation
ETH Zurich pharmacists have discovered an astonishing mechanism that could help alleviate the suffering of patients with chronic skin inflammation, by stimulating lymphatic vessel growth.
View ArticleTreatment of retinal conditions appears to have changed significantly in...
The number of Medicare recipients undergoing treatment for retinal conditions nearly doubled between 1997 and 2007, with significant shifts in the types of procedures most commonly performed, according...
View ArticleMedical imaging breakthrough uses light and sound to see microscopic details...
See it for yourself: a new breakthrough in imaging technology using a combination of light and sound will allow health care providers to see microscopic details inside the body. Access to this level of...
View ArticleOmega-3s in fish, seafood may protect seniors' eyes; a new test may catch...
Seniors interested in lifestyle choices that help protect vision will be encouraged by a Johns Hopkins School of Medicine study, and people concerned about glaucoma can take heart from work on early...
View ArticleEverolimus improves progression-free survival for patients with rare...
In an international Phase III randomized study, everolimus, an inhibitor of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), has shown to dramatically improve progression-free survival for patients with...
View ArticleFast new method for mapping blood vessels may aid cancer research
Like normal tissue, tumors thrive on nutrients carried to them by the blood stream. The rapid growth of new blood vessels is a hallmark of cancer, and studies have shown that preventing blood vessel...
View ArticleTeam designs a bandage that spurs, guides blood vessel growth
Researchers have developed a bandage that stimulates and directs blood vessel growth on the surface of a wound. The bandage, called a "microvascular stamp," contains living cells that deliver growth...
View ArticleStudy finds link between low oxygen levels in body and cancer-aiding protein
What began as research into how diabetics could possibly preserve their eyesight has led to findings that could prolong the vision of children afflicted with retinoblastoma.
View ArticleMorphine blocks tumor growth
Current research suggests that taking morphine can block new blood vessel and tumor growth. The related report by Koodie et al, "Morphine suppresses tumor angiogenesis through a HIF1α/p38MAPK pathway,"...
View ArticleNovel role: EZH2 boosts creation of ovarian cancer blood vessels
A protein associated with cancer progression when abundant inside of tumors also unexpectedly regulates the creation of new blood vessels that feed the tumor outside, a research team led by scientists...
View ArticleExperiments show blood pressure drugs could help fight frailty
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers believe they've found a way to use widely available blood pressure drugs to fight the muscular weakness that normally accompanies aging.
View ArticleUCLA team uncovers mechanism behind organ transplant rejection
UCLA researchers have pinpointed the culprit behind chronic rejection of heart, lung and kidney transplants. Published in the Nov. 23 edition of Science Signaling, their findings suggest new...
View ArticleProtein targeted to stop melanoma tumor growth
Halting the growth of melanoma tumors by targeting the MIC-1 protein that promotes blood vessel development in tumors may lead to better treatment of this invasive and deadly cancer, according to Penn...
View ArticleEnzyme inhibition or removal may prevent or treat ischemic retinopathy
The inhibition or removal of an enzyme may prevent or treat ischemic retinopathy by stalling growth of unwanted vessels in the retina, Medical College of Georgia researchers say.
View ArticleStudy raises safety concerns about experimental cancer approach
A study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has raised safety concerns about an investigational approach to treating cancer.
View ArticleLaying bare the not-so-sweet tale of a sugar and its role in the spread of...
Cancer has a mighty big bag of tricks that it uses to evade the body's natural defense mechanisms and proliferate. Among those tricks is one that allows tumor cells to turn the intricate and extensive...
View ArticleNew hybrid 'NOSH aspirin' as possible anti-cancer drug
Scientists have combined two new "designer" forms of aspirin into a hybrid substance that appears more effective than either of its forebears in controlling the growth of several forms of cancer in...
View ArticleSynthetic mRNA can induce self-repair, regeneration of the infarcted heart
A team of scientists at Karolinska Institutet and Harvard University has taken a major step towards treatment for heart attack, by instructing the injured heart in mice to heal by expressing a factor...
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