News articles tagged with 'epithelium'
Stem cell therapy for age-related macular degeneration - a step closer to reality
— 28 Mar 2011 17:17 | HealthThe notion of transplanting adult stem cells to treat or even cure age-related macular degeneration has taken a significant step toward becoming a reality. In a study published today…
Stem cells may be key to understanding the origins of colon cancer and detecting relapse
— 18 Mar 2011 15:14 | HealthColorectal cancer cells trigger a set of genes similar to those found in intestinal stem cells, scientists at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) have found. The…
How the slime mould gets organised
— 15 Mar 2011 21:05 | BiologyThe so-called cellular slime mould, a unicellular organism that may transition into a multicellular organism under stress, has just been found to have a tissue structure that was previously…
Researchers define a new type of secretory cell in the intestine
— 8 Mar 2011 14:53 | HealthThe intestinal epithelium consists of four main specialised cell lineages: absorptive enterocytes and three secretory cell types known as enteroendocrine, Paneth, and goblet cells.…
The embryogenesis evidence of foregut duplication cyst
— 25 Jan 2011 19:23 | HealthForegut duplication cyst of the stomach is rare. Foregut duplications may or may not communicate with the gastrointestinal tract, and are usually diagnosed at a young age. There have…
Enzyme inhibition or removal may prevent or treat ischaemic retinopathy
— 14 Jan 2011 16:11 | HealthThe inhibition or removal of an enzyme may prevent or treat ischaemic retinopathy by stalling growth of unwanted vessels in the retina, Medical College of Georgia researchers say…
UT MD Anderson study ties abnormal cells in blood to lung cancer
— 23 Jul 2010 11:08 | HealthA novel approach detects genetically abnormal cells in the blood of non-small cell lung cancer patients that match abnormalities found in tumour cells and increase in number with the…
Stanford investigators decipher how dangerous food-borne pathogen evades body's defences
— 14 May 2010 12:00 | HealthScientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have pushed into place another piece of the puzzle of how Listeria monocytogenes, a dangerous food-borne pathogen, slips through…
Adhesion and immunomodulatory properties of a probiotic strain B. lactis HN019
— 13 May 2010 11:23 | HealthProbiotics are a group of live microorganisms administered in adequate amounts which confer a beneficial health effect on the host. This bacterial community plays a pivotal role in…
Nonspecific marker of non-erosive reflux disease
— 31 Mar 2010 09:16 | HealthGastrooesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is an important public health problem which is extremely common nowadays. Symptoms of GERD arise from the exposure of increased acid gastric…