Engineers use blood's hydrodynamics to manipulate stem, cancer cells
...tish Journal of Haematology paper, King and colleagues show they can take the process a step further by implanting the device in a living rat with the selectin coating remaining active for 1-2 hours. When the tube was removed, King found hed indeed captured cells straight out of the bloodstream, including con...MIT works toward novel therapeutic device
...shed by the American Chemical Society. In the body, P-selectin and other selectin proteins regulate cell rolling in blood vessels. When P-selectin is present...lanted into the blood stream or appended as a shunt. In addition to PEG and selectin molecules, the device would also include a therapeutic agent. Such an agent...Cancer-killing invention also harvests stem cells
... back into the bloodstream. He also realized that selectin is the adhesive mechanism by which bone marrow ste...ells Because bone marrow stem cells stick to selectin surfaces more strongly than other cells, King's gr...luidics, or fluid flow properties, and specialized selectin coatings. Killing Cancer Cells Anothe...ProtoKinetix Receives Independent Confirmation of AAGP Anti-Inflammatory Action
...termine the biological activity of AAGP(TM) on the selectin inflammation pathway. The highly specific tests conducted on selectin showed 100% adhesion inhibition. Diseases such as ...ning conditions treated with anti-inflammation and selectin inhibition therapies. These results are consiste...