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Tag: "cells" at medical news

Simple Therapy

...ype 1 Diabetes are regrowing their own islets, the cells responsible for producing insulin. In addi...s General Hospital have rid the mice of the immune cells that attack the pancreas and the islets in the first place.// Once the mutinous cells were e...

Tea Tales

...its antioxidant properties.Polyphenols protect the cells from damaging physiological process known as oxida...he body and an increased amount of them can damage cells resulting in heart diseases, cancer, cholestrol and BP.Polyphenols can stop the damage that free rad...

Alzheimer cure

...er's disease and Down's syndrome, a group of brain cells called the basal forebrain cholinergic neurons shr...e, infusing NGF into areas close to the vulnerable cells reversed the damage. A gene therapy trial in humans, where NGF is being delivered to the basal foreb...

Headache decreases appetite

... and discovered that they activated not just brain cells that transmit pain signals, but also those involved in appetite suppression. Headache stimuli lead to an acute fall in food intake during the first four hours after they are applied.This shows that there is an intimate link between the brain regions ...

Bayer Voluntarily Withdraws BAYCOL - A Drug Associated With 50 Deaths

...e effect called rhabdomyolysis – destroyed muscles cells are released into the bloodstream and cause severe muscle pain, fever, weakness and vomiting. This condition can also lead to kidney failure. The FDA said fatal reports with Baycol had been reported most frequently when the drug was used at higher ...

Action of nerve cells

...ning of the brain in humans and animals, the nerve cells must communicate with the neurons by releasing che...ein plays an importnat role in preparing the nerve cells to send these chemical signals. The experimented animals were paralyzed- unable to move, eat or//...

Herbs for Rememberance

...due to thickened arteries. As a result, some brain cells die, taking some of the memory and concentration with them.The neurotransmitter chemicals dopamine and serotonin can also be affected. Smoking and other drugs can speed up the onset of memory loss, as can prolonged anxiety, grief and negative emotion...

Role of zinc in development

... leads to a reduction in the number of white blood cells and that a lack of vitamin A weakens the cell's immune response.// The researchers found that the reactions of children's immune systems to shortages of vitamin A, iron and zinc could be countered by dietary supplements. Zinc deficiency is often se...

A treatment for blindness

...obe is placed on the surface of the eye to destroy cells within the retina that produce the irregular blood vessels.// Researchers from New York report on a 10-year follow up of 291 children born prematurely in 1986 and 1987. Those with ROP in both eyes were treated with cryotherapy in one eye. Those wit...

Novartis files application with FDA for Zometa

...apy is currently approved. The spread of cancerous cells from the original tumor to the bone, can lead to serious complications called skeletal related events like fractures, compression of the spinal cord, severe bone pain and hypercalcemia.// Zometa is a new generation intravenous bisphosphonate that ...

Silicon eye implants

... chip. The chip contains 3,500 microscopic solar cells that convert light into electrical impulses and wo...replacing damaged photoreceptors,the light-sensing cells of the eye.The chip cannot help people with blindness caused by severe glaucoma or diabetes....

Stay young the Chinese way

...ppens in the human body, results in aging of human cells and tissue. The world medical community found in the 1990s that a kind of oxygenic molecule, scientifically called free radicals left by metabolic performance, causes oxidation and is also directly involved in the development of 70 diseases such as P...

Antioxidants found in chocolates

...s, which are produced when oxygen burns glucose in cells to release energy. Unchecked, free radicals damage cell components like DNA and proteins, setting the scene for heart disease, cancer and other health problems. Antioxidants also help prevent blood clots and inflammation.// The reason for recommen...

A new growth factor identified

...e researchers also found that EG-VEGF only acts on cells that line the capillaries of the endocrine glands. According to Dr.Napoleone Ferrara, one of the study authors, they believe that EG-VEGF was implicated in the pathogenesis of some ovarian disorders resulting in infertility, such as the polycystic o...

Tracing oesophagal cancer

...oactive tracer to track the progress of the cancer cells through the lymph glands. This will help select the glands that should be removed. The research involved 40 people with oesophagal cancer - and in 90% of cases, the new diagnostic technique did indicate where the cancer had spread....

Drug abuse leads to long standing changes in the brain

...ine transporters (DAT) marks the presence of nerve cells that are part of a brain circuit that transmits si...of high levels of dopamine, which stimulates brain cells in the dopamine circuit, thereby enhancing mood and body movement. But previous animal studies show ...

Gene therapy - Aim to improve blood flow

... Francisco, found a way to produce mice whose skin cells had high levels of activity of a gene called HIF-1. Researchers have managed to produce a genetically-altered mouse which has grown large numbers of new blood capillaries in its skin. This gene is known to send commands to several other genes, incl...

UV Radiation induces Melanoma

...In humans, melanocytes, the pigment-producing skin cells where melanoma develops, are on the surface of the...roliferation increases the chance that DNA damaged cells will reproduce and take hold, producing a tumour. Melanoma accounts for roughly 10% of reported case...

Gene therapy restores sight

...m injected the eyeballs of dogs born with LCA with cells modified to contain the appropriate functional genes which restored the animals' sight.Humans are next"This is a dog model of a human disease," said Dr Jonathon Stone of Sydney University who studies the environmental factors contributing to blindnes...

Therapy for stopping the spread of cancer cells

An enzyme that affects the spread of cancer cells could provide a new target for therapy, say researchers in the US. Cancer cells spread through the body by hanging on to carbohydrate molecules on other, normal cells, and then let...

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