Bladder in Biological News

Bladder cells feel stretch

... Tsutomu Mochizuki (Yamanashi Univ.), found that bladder urothelial cells have a sensor for stretch ... Biological Chemistry published on Aug 7, 2009. bladder is known to release ATP that activates ... it has been unknown how urothelial cells sense bladder distension. The research group examined the ...

Chemical in blood may explain susceptibility to bladder pain

... signal both species' susceptibility for a painful bladder disorder called interstitial cystitis, a ... IC, include recurring discomfort or pain in the bladder and pelvis, and often both an urgent and frequent ... as well as samples from humans with the painful bladder syndrome, healthy humans and humans with other ...

Selenium may prevent high risk-bladder cancer

... and meats, may aid in the prevention of high-risk bladder cancer. Researchers from Dartmouth Medical ... levels in 767 individuals newly diagnosed with bladder cancer to the levels of 1,108 individuals from ... an inverse association between selenium and bladder cancer among women, some smokers and those with ...

Collegiate Inventors Competition recognizes top student inventors

... (Advisor: Michael Cima) Drug Delivery Device for bladder Disorders A device that can be inserted nonsurgically into the bladder via the urethra, releasing a controlled dosage of a drug into the bladder through osmosis. Harvey Liu, University of ...

The pepperoni pizza hypothesis

... has painful consequences. They have a chronic bladder condition that causes pelvic pain. Spicy food -- ... opens up new treatment possibilities for "painful bladder syndrome," or interstitial cystitis, a condition ... People with interstitial cystitis have bladder nerves that are constantly transmitting pain ...

Extract of broccoli sprouts may protect against bladder cancer

... freeze dried broccoli sprouts cut development of bladder tumors in an animal model by more than half, ... like broccoli is associated with reduced risk for bladder cancer, according to the studys senior ... evidence that eating vegetables is beneficial in bladder cancer prevention, he said. There is strong ...

Bacteria that cause urinary tract infections invade bladder cells

... infections (UTIs) are entrenched inside human bladder cells. The finding confirms a controversial ... bacteria responsible for infections get into the bladder but do not invade the individual cells that line ... Fully understanding what bacteria do in the bladder is critical to developing better diagnoses and ...

Jefferson urologists studying regenerated neo-bladder to help spinal cord injury patients

... grown from a patients own cells can improve bladder function for adult spinal cord injury patients. ... in Tengions facility from the patients own bladder cells. To participate in the study, a patient ... more than a year and diagnosed with a neurogenic bladder that is not adequately responding to medical ...

Researchers study acoustic communication in deep-sea fish

... the VCU Department of Biology. Many fish use an organ known as a swim bladder to produce sound. According to Fine, the fawn cusk-eel uses two muscle ... the swim bladder. An antagonistic muscle pair then restores the swim bladder to its original position. In previous work outside of the mating ...

Biomarker predicts malignancy potential of HG-PIN lesions in the prostate

... with HG-PIN; the negative control group included 11 patients with bladder cancer who had both their diseased bladder and healthy prostate removed; and the study group comprised 50 patients ...

Navigating in the ocean of molecules

... Planck Institute and now an employee of the Novartis pharmaceutical concern. 5-lipoxygenase is a target protein in the treatment of inflammation and bladder cancer, while the oestrogen receptor alpha is an important starting point in the treatment of breast cancer. "Scaffold Hunter is a key ...

UC Davis begins $2.8 million in studies of agricultural nitrogen's impacts

... such as the common cold; High concentrations of nitrates in groundwater, which can cause methemoglobinemia, or "blue baby disease," and possibly bladder and ovarian cancers; and Nitrogen runoff in bays and coastal areas, where it makes algae numbers spike then crash, drawing oxygen from the water ...

Laughing hyenas, wailing levees, the sound of cheese and blaring bagpipes

... waters. Some of these deep-sea fish have adaptations similar to those of surface fish with heightened hearing: a connection between the swim bladder and the ears, which may help to amplify sounds to the ears; and elaborately-oriented hair bundles in the inner ear, which suggests better hearing ...

Time record of marine species formation in the Baltic Sea

... University of Gothenburg and Stockholm University discovered a new species of seaweed. The species, which was named Fucus radicans , evolved from a bladder wrack (Fucus vesiculosus) ancestor from the Baltic Sea. Detailed studies of Fucus radicans show that, from an evolutionary perspective, it was ...

Multiple route bone marrow stem cell injections show promise to treat spinal cord injury

... various routes and followed for two years, the scientists reported several functional improvements, perhaps the most important of which was improved bladder control. Finally, the researchers noted that one of their cases suffered a gunshot wound and that their study marked the first time a gunshot ...

Montana State team finds Yellowstone alga that detoxifies arsenic

... our food supply," Rosen explained. "Rice with high amounts of arsenic won't kill anyone quickly, but does increase the risk of cancers such as bladder cancer." McDermott said when he first thought about investigating the changing colors in the Yellowstone algae mats, he figured that something ...

Freezing prostate cancer does a man's body good

... Cryoablation (or cryo or cryotherapy) spares as much as possible of the prostate gland and its neurovascular bundles, limiting the side effects of bladder control problems (incontinence) and erectile dysfunction (impotence) that result from more radical prostate cancer treatments. It also represents an ...

U-M researchers ID gene involved in pancreatic cancer

... without surgery. In some cases, this may allow patients to avoid an operation. ATDC also appears to be involved in other cancer types, including bladder cancer and lung cancer. Researchers are continuing to investigate its role. This research was done in the laboratory. No tests or therapies related ...

Arsenic and old toenails

... have led to widespread contamination of the environment with arsenic. Long term exposure to arsenic is associated with increases in lung, liver, bladder and kidney cancers and skin growths. Previous studies using hair have suggested high levels of arsenic in the bodies of King George III and ...

Robo-surgery: As safe and capable as a human assistant in key-hole gallbladder removal

... the adult western population develop gallstones, placing a huge demand on health services. In the USA alone, more than 500,000 people have their gall bladder removed each year. The preferred way of doing this is now to use keyhole surgery that involves a surgeon and an assistant. In key-hole surgery, the ...

6th ESOU Meeting

... said ESOU Chairman Prof. Vincent Ravery (Paris, France). The most common malignancies such as prostate cancer (PCa), renal cell carcinoma and bladder cancer were the focus of last year's meeting in Berlin. Apart from these conditions, testis cancer will be another highlight of the forthcoming ...

Battling bacteria in the blood: Researchers tackle deadly infections

... fighting off a severe bloodstream infection. "Bloodstream infections are infections that typically begin in a local part of the body, say in the bladder or the lung or the skin. But then the bacteria that cause these infections manage to break free from the usual local defenses and make it into the ...

Early stage colon cancer characterized by inactivation of gatekeeper gene

... scientists report in the Sept. issue of the journal Cancer Cell . Previous studies have shown that RUNX3 plays a role in gastric, breast, lung and bladder cancers. The inactivation of RUNX3 occurs at a very early stage of colon cancer, according to the Singapore scientists' studies with human tissue ...

When fish talk, scientists listen

... when our larynx and tongue change shape to produce words, toadfish and midshipman orchestrate the movement of muscles attached to their swim bladder to produce grunts and hums. Using larval toadfish and midshipman, the group traced the development of the connection from the animal's vocal ...

Ancient protein offers clues to killer condition

... This folded structure allows the smooth muscles to adjust to being different lengths so they can operate over a large distance, such as the bladder or the uterus expanding and contracting. In contrast, skeletal muscles operate over a narrow range, defined by how much joints can move. ...

New type of drug shrinks primary breast cancer tumors significantly in just 6 weeks

... International studies are currently underway looking at the effect of lapatinib in lung, colon, head and neck, gastric, oesophageal, and bladder cancer and lymphoma, among others, he said. ...

Duke scientists map imprinted genes in human genome

... is mostly active in the brain, is known to cause cancer, and may also be linked to bipolar disorder and epilepsy. The second, DLGAP2, is a possible bladder cancer tumor suppressor gene. Hartemink says experiments to confirm that all 156 new genes are truly imprinted and not just statistically likely ...

Biotech Co. founded by UCLA Scientists to be acquired by Astellas, Pharma Inc.

... lines of patented Xenograft mice that can carry and grow human tumors has led to cutting-edge research and drug development for prostate, kidney, bladder and other urologic indications. According to Dr. Owen Witte, director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell ...

UV light improving chances of fighting cancer

... says, I would describe this development as the equivalent of ultra-specific magic bullets. This could mean that a patient coming in for treatment of bladder cancer would receive an injection of the cloaked antibodies. She would sit in the waiting room for an hour and then come back in for treatment by ...

Folic acid lowers blood arsenic levels in Bangladesh

... several developing countries and also parts of the United States. Chronic arsenic exposure is associated with increased risk for skin, liver and bladder cancers, skin lesions, cardiovascular disease, and other adverse health outcomes. The study was funded by the National Institute of Environmental ...

Folic acid lowers blood arsenic levels, according to Mailman School of Public Health study

... including several developing countries and also parts of the U.S. Chronic arsenic exposure is associated with increased risk for skin, liver and bladder cancers, skin lesions, cardiovascular disease, and other adverse health outcomes. The study results are published in the October issue of the ...

Story ideas from Molecular & Cellular Proteomics

... to compare the number of protein-sugar structures that contain sialic acid in the blood plasma of a control individual and a patient with advanced bladder cancer. The scientists showed that the cancer patients blood contained a significantly higher number of these sialic acid-containing structures than ...

UCLA/VA partners with ASU to advance biosensor technology for urinary tract infections

... scientists, the departments internationally acclaimed physicians have pioneered treatments for many conditions, including cancers of the prostate, bladder and kidney; kidney stones; pelvic floor disorders; genitourinary tract conditions; incontinence; and sexual dysfunction in men and women. The ...

Researchers develop liquid crystal pharmaceuticals to fight cancer and other diseases

... cancer patients. In addition, the FDA granted Apatone® orphan-drug status for the treatment of metastatic, or locally advanced, inoperable bladder cancer in August 2007. Unlike other chemotherapy drugs, TolecineTM and Apatone® have low toxicity and do not target dividing cells. Instead, ...

American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Aug. 15, 2007

... to breast cancer risk, says Mucci. In prior work, her research group also examined dietary acrylamide and risk of cancer of the colon, rectum, bladder and kidney, and similarly found no association. Although we do not rule out that very high levels of acrylamide could cause cancer, it appears that ...

Common bacteria pirate natural mechanism to get inside cells

... enzymes that produce nitric oxide." The new research uses the common bladder infection-producing uropathogenic E. coli as a model to show how nitric oxide unwittingly assists bacterial uptake and survival. "In bladder cells, E. coli uses this mechanism to get inside the cells and hide from ...

Test for early detection of prostate cancer shows promise

... levels in 46 patients, including those with prostate cancer (12 patients), bladder cancer (six patients), colon cancer (two patients), kidney cancer (one ... patients (92 percent) and low in all of the healthy individuals. Only two bladder cancer patients and none of the other patients had elevated EPCA levels, ...

Napoleon's mysterious death unmasked, UT Southwestern researcher says

... and physician descriptions revealed no telltale signs of arsenic poisoning, such as hemorrhaging in the lining inside the heart, and no skin, lung or bladder cancers were present. Gastric cancer was more likely at fault, Dr. Genta said. Other scholars have recently found that the plump emperor lost at ...

Tarantula venom and chili peppers target same pain sensor

... system work. They give us clues as to how specific activators or blockers on these channels can be designed to treat persistent pain ?from arthritis, bladder infections, or other diseases." The researchers determined the venom peptides' effect in neuron cell cultures, measuring the tell-tale rush of ...