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Circulating stem cells play small role in lung repair

...echniques that previously had been used to analyze liver and bone marrow transplant recipients, the team found that nine of 25 lung tissue specimens from five recipients contained small numbers of the male gender version of the type II pneumocytes. The proportion of Y chromosome-containing pneumocytes was ...

Excess liver gene protects against high-fat diet

A gene that senses fat in the liver can modulate the consequences of eating a high-fat...f Cell Metabolism reveals. Mice with an excess of liver X receptor (LXRa), when fed a diet high in fat, remained free from the high cholesterol and blood ve...

Candida albicans Genome Fully Annotated

...echniques that previously had been used to analyze liver and bone marrow transplant recipients, the team found that nine of 25 lung tissue specimens from five recipients contained small numbers of the male gender version of the type II pneumocytes. The proportion of Y chromosome-containing pneumocytes was ...

Fat's fate depends on its source

...rom sugars spark a cascade of gene activity in the liver necessary for healthy blood levels of sugar, chole...that specially engineered fats might boost healthy liver metabolism, offering an alternative mechanism for fighting chronic diseases, including obesity, diab...

New method shows it is possible to grow bone for grafts within a patient's body

...same time, they hope to test the approach with the liver and pancreas, which have outer layers similar to the periosteum. ...

Researchers discover mechanism for multiplying adult stem cells

...s off, the cells begin growing into, say, heart or liver tissue. Konrad Hochedlinger, a post-doctoral rese...t would be ideal if scientists had a way to take a liver adult stem cell and multiply it in a dish without having it form mature liver tissue. This experime...

Purdue scientists may have found key to halting spinal cord damage

...y under study for their added potential to promote liver health," Shi said. "We would like to see whether they also could be modified to treat the conditions we are interested in." Further research will be necessary to determine how great a role acrolein actually plays in the process of secondary spinal c...

Identification of specific genes predicts which patients will respond to Hepatitis C treatment

...01 until May 2004. Hepatitis C is a disease of the liver caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). About 230,0... worldwide. Over time the viral infection leads to liver damage, cirrhosis and/or liver cancer. It is currently the leading indication for liver transplants....

Attacks of King George III's madness linked to key metabolism molecule

...of genes involved in manufacture of glucose in the liver and in the "heating system" of brown fat cells that help prevent damage from cold in certain animals. With their intimate knowledge of PGC-1 alpha and its varied roles in energy metabolism, the Dana-Farber researchers wondered if it might be involv...

Hepatitis C responds best to combo of ribavirin and interferon, study concludes

...ls on a topic. Hepatitis C is inflammation of the liver caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). It is trans...carring of the liver. If untreated, it can lead to liver failure, liver cancer and death. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 170 m...

Insulin pulses keep the liver lean

...nized as a generator of fat, also keeps fat in the liver under control, according to a new study in the Jul... a critical role in maintaining a lean and healthy liver by allowing insulin levels to rise and fall, said study lead author Sonia Najjar of the Medical Univ...

Gene therapy advance treats hemophilia in mouse models

...hybrid vehicle could more easily attach to certain liver cells and allow the genes within the vehicle to enter the cells. The genes then caused the liver cells to make the protein that prevents bleeding. The researchers also modified the vehicle so tha...

Investigating 'brain shrinkage' in alcoholics

...al and functional changes seen in cirrhosis of the liver are also potentially reversible if treated. Furthermore, thiamine deficiency can be treated easily with oral or injected thiamine. Patients with acute deficiency respond very quickly but some permanent damage can occur if patients are not treated and...

Engineered molecule amplifies body's immune response

...eron therapy has been used, such as treatments for liver disease and lung fibrosis, as well as certain cancers. Improving Stat1 efficiency would allow for much lower doses of interferon to be used, decreasing cost and side effect profile. In terms of diagnosis, it may be possible to screen patients for the...

Logging changed ecological balance for monkeys, damaged health

...astix mesnilia, Giardia lambila and a Dicrocoeliid liver fluke. These parasites did not appear in guenons in the undisturbed forest. The researchers also noted that the patterns of forest regeneration in the aftermath of logging appear to be more favorable for colobus monkeys than for the guenons. Citing ...

Affymetrix and ParAllele Launch Industry's Most Comprehensive Product Line for Targeted Genotyping

...astix mesnilia, Giardia lambila and a Dicrocoeliid liver fluke. These parasites did not appear in guenons in the undisturbed forest. The researchers also noted that the patterns of forest regeneration in the aftermath of logging appear to be more favorable for colobus monkeys than for the guenons. Citing ...

President Bush's cut to AIDS prevention in Africa would be devastating

...astix mesnilia, Giardia lambila and a Dicrocoeliid liver fluke. These parasites did not appear in guenons in the undisturbed forest. The researchers also noted that the patterns of forest regeneration in the aftermath of logging appear to be more favorable for colobus monkeys than for the guenons. Citing ...

Researchers create infectious hepatitis C virus in a test tube

...esearchers think that in humans the virus enters a liver cell and delivers its RNA and proteins into the ce... protein components before being released from the liver cell to infect other cells. Lindenbach, Rice and their colleagues named their infectious cell cultu...

Researchers make 'embryonic-like' stem cells from umbilical cord blood

...jected when they are transplanted into people with liver disease, for example." The team has taken its fir...teps towards proving its claims by growing defined liver tissue using the new cell type. By making use of special NASA-derived technology, the team is able t...

Insight into the processes of 'positive' and 'negative' learners

...jected when they are transplanted into people with liver disease, for example." The team has taken its fir...teps towards proving its claims by growing defined liver tissue using the new cell type. By making use of special NASA-derived technology, the team is able t...

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