News articles tagged with 'endothelial'
How meningitis bacteria attack the brain
— 19 Aug 2009 13:45 | HealthA specific protein on the surface of a common bacterial pathogen allows the bacteria to leave the bloodstream and enter the brain, initiating the deadly infection known as meningitis.... — full story
Circulating blood cells are important predictors of cancer spread in children
— 15 Jul 2009 07:44 | HealthEndothelial progenitor cells may play a role in the start and progression of metastatic disease in children with cancer, according to study results published in Clinical Cancer Research,... — full story
Gene therapy for haemophilia A mice
— 9 Jun 2009 10:12 | HealthHaemophilia A is an inherited bleeding disease caused by a lack of the blood clotting protein Factor VIII. It had been hoped that gene therapy would provide a breakthrough in treatment,... — full story
Importance of preventing congestion in heart failure
— 4 Jun 2009 14:54 | HealthPreventing vascular congestion is an important mediator in heart failure, reports a study in the June issue of the Journal of Cardiac Failure, published by Elsevier... — full story
New device detects heart disease using less than one drop of blood
— 1 Jun 2009 16:46 | HealthTesting people for heart disease might be just a finger prick away thanks to a new credit card-sized device created by a team of researchers from Harvard and Northeastern universities... — full story
Why do people with Down syndrome have less cancer?
— 21 May 2009 13:22 | HealthMost cancers are rare in people with Down syndrome, whose overall cancer mortality is below 10 percent of that in the general population. Since they have an extra copy of chromosome... — full story
Genetic factors may predict depression in heart disease patients
— 20 May 2009 15:26 | HealthIndividuals with heart disease are twice as likely to suffer from depression as the general population, an association the medical community has largely been unable to explain. Now,... — full story
Women with hard to diagnose chest pain symptoms at risk for cardiovascular events
— 12 May 2009 10:07 | HealthMany physicians are presented with the following scenario: a woman comes into the office complaining of chest pain, undergoes a stress test to evaluate the chest pain, and the stress... — full story
Model tissue system reveals cellular communication via amino acids
— 4 Apr 2009 14:52 | HealthA team of researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital Centre for Engineering in Medicine (MGH-CEM) has found the first evidence of cell-to-cell communication by amino acids,... — full story
Magnetic nano-'shepherds' organise cells
— 1 Apr 2009 12:38 | HealthThe power of magnetism could be an enabling technology to address a major problem facing bioengineers as they try to create new tissue - getting human cells to not only form structures,... — full story