Students invent protective pouch to enhance cell therapy
...the stents are in place, microcapsules filled with helpful cells are injected into the gap between the stents... to pass through to nourish the cells and disperse helpful proteins. But the openings are too small to allow the microcapsules to escape. In lab tests usin...Catching cancer's spread by watching hemoglobin
...itical need for skin biopsies, which is especially helpful if there are multiple suspicious areas that need to be investigated. Since hemoglobin is highly concentrated in red blood cells, imaging the locations where this molecule occurs can map out the distribution of red blood cells and reveal the vessel...Early exposure to indoor fungus molecules may protect infants against future allergies
...ir bodies and homes. "Certain microbes can have helpful affects in the body," she explains, "but antibacterial disinfectants can’t discriminate between helpful and harmful microbes—they destroy them all. "This eliminates the natural competition among bacter...Loss of stem cells correlates with premature aging in animal study
... Cancer Biology. “We believe these findings may be helpful to the aging and oncology fields since premature aging syndromes and many cancers involve the loss of DNA repair genes.” When the researchers deleted ATR in the tissues of adult mice, they noticed that the mice showed signs of premature aging, suc...