Microreactor efficiently regenerates cofactors for biocatalysis
One of the longstanding challenges in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and food additives is the continuous regeneration of molecules called cofactors that permit the synthesis through inexpensive and environmentally friendly biocatalytic processes. Now, a team of researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Universite Paul Sabatier in Toulouse, France...Stem cell study for patients with heart attack damage seeks to regenerate heart muscle
Rush cardiologists are hoping that transplanted stem cells can regenerate damaged heart muscle in those who experience a first heart attack. The study involves an intravenous infusion of adult mesenchymal stem cells from healthy donor bone marrow that might possibly reverse damage to heart tissue. A unique benefit of the stem cell product is that it is given to patients through a standard...Bioengineered tissue implants regenerate damaged knee cartilage
Knee cartilage injuries can be effectively repaired by tissue engineering and osteoarthritis does not stop the regeneration process concludes research led by scientists at the University of Bristol. The study, "Maturation of tissue engineered cartilage implanted in injured and osteoarthritic human knees", published in the July 2006 (Volume 12, Number 7) issue of Tissue Engineering, demonst...Are scientists making progress in being able to regenerate bone tissue?
In an article in PLoS Medicine, Gert Meijer (University Medical Centre Utrecht, The Netherlands) and colleagues discuss what kind of progress there has been in restoring the function of diseased or damaged bone by bone tissue regeneration. Until recently, say the authors, the use of bone grafts from a different part of the patient’s own body has been the number one choice for attempting to...Intelligent materials to regenerate bone tissue
More than half a million people in the European Union and a million in the United States suffer from disorders in or serious defects of some part of their bone structure. Operations involving grafts or implants, required to mitigate the damage, depend decisively on the materials used. The European Nanobiocom project, led by INASMET-Tecnalia with the help of others, is working on the regene...Stem Cell Therapy Regenerates Heart Muscle In Heart Attack Patients
Treating heart attack may become as simple as administering stem cell products through an IV line, in the years to come. // Stem cell therapy can help regenerate damaged heart muscle in patients who have experienced heart attack for the first time, reveals a new study. The distinct advantage of the procedure is that intravenous infusion of adult mesenchymal stem cells derived from the...Studies Show That Brain Cells Do Not Regenerate But Remain The Same Throughout
Research from Karolinska Institute in Sweden haves shown that the nerve cells of the brain remain the same throughout a person's life. // The researchers explained that in a human body most of the organs go through a continuous process of death and re-growth, for example the cells of the liver take an approximate of two years to be totally replaced by newer ones. The researchers had h...Researchers Use Stem Cells to Regenerate Parts of Teeth
A multi-national research team headed by USC School of Dentistry researcher Songtao Shi, DDS, PhD, has successfully regenerated tooth root and supporting// periodontal ligaments to restore tooth function in an animal model. The breakthrough holds significant promise for clinical application in human patients. The study appears December 20 in the inaugural issue of PLoS ONE....Surgicel Fibrillar Absorbable Hemostat (oxidized regenerated cellulose)
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