News articles tagged with 'epithelial' (Page 2)
A future strategy for the treatment of patients with ulcerative colitis
— 25 Jun 2010 11:41 | HealthUlcerative colitis (UC) is characterised by frequent diarrhoeal attacks and anal bleeding. Histologic characteristics of UC are the invasion of the crypt epithelium and lamina propria…
New study helps explain how botulism-causing toxin can enter circulation
— 11 May 2010 06:33 | HealthNew research in the Journal of Cell Biology helps explain how the toxic protein responsible for botulism can enter circulation from the digestive system. The study appears online May…
McMaster researchers discover a new way HIV infects women
— 9 Apr 2010 10:27 | HealthWomen are susceptible to HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, but scientists have been puzzled as to how it finds its way into the female reproductive tract…
Feedback loop explains inflammatory effect on intestinal lining
— 19 Mar 2010 13:56 | HealthSignals released by immune cells during a bout of inflammatory bowel disease interfere with intestinal cells' ability to regenerate. Yet people with inflammatory bowel diseases have…
Loss of gene function makes prostate cancer cells more aggressive
— 3 Feb 2010 11:37 | HealthProstate cancer cells are more likely to spread to other parts of the body if a specific gene quits functioning normally, according to new data from researchers at UT Southwestern Medical…
Quitting smoking can reverse asthma-inducing changes in lungs
— 7 Dec 2009 07:43 | HealthAsthmatic smokers may be able to reverse some of the damage to their lungs that exacerbates asthmatic symptoms just by putting down their cigarettes, according to research out of the…
Lung tissue generated from human embryonic stem cells
— 5 Nov 2009 11:25 | HealthScientists in Belgium have successfully differentiated human embryonic stem cells (hESC) into major cell types of lung epithelial tissue using a convenient air-liquid interface. The…
Alcohol activates cellular changes that make tumour cells spread
— 28 Oct 2009 11:57 | HealthAlcohol consumption has long been linked to cancer and its spread, but the underlying mechanism has never been clear…
Scientists identify specific markers that trigger aggressiveness of liver cancer
— 21 Oct 2009 09:05 | HealthHepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) or primary liver cancer forms in the epithelial tissue of the liver and is most commonly caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV).…
Lung cancer suppresses miR-200 to invade and spread
— 15 Sep 2009 13:45 | HealthPrimary lung cancer shifts to metastatic disease by suppressing a family of small molecules that normally locks the tumour in a noninvasive state, researchers at The University of Texas…