CorMatrix Cardiovascular to Present on its ECM Technology(TM) at the Annual Advanced Cardiac Techniques in Surgery (ACTS) Symposium in New York, N.Y.

...y based in Atlanta, Georgia, is dedicated to developing and delivering innovative cardiovascular devices that harness the body's own innate ability to remodel damaged tissue. For more information, visit www.cormatrix.com . ...

CorMatrix Cardiovascular Announces First European Implants of CorMatrix(R) ECM Technology(TM)

...y based in Atlanta, Georgia, is dedicated to developing and delivering innovative cardiovascular devices that harness the body's own innate ability to remodel damaged tissue. For more information, visit www.cormatrix.com . ...

Cogdell Spencer Announces Aigner as President in the Northwest Region

...s of healthcare project management experience with Simmonds, HDR and his own company. Recent healthcare project management includes a new addition and remodel at The Commons in Bellevue, WA, a 200,000 square foot medical tower for Overlake Hospital in Bellevue, WA and Treasure Valley Pediatrics, a 10,000 squ...

Fibroblasts invade at a snail's pace

... A transcription factor known to drive the formation of fibroblasts during development also promotes their ability to invade and remodel surrounding tissues, report Rowe et al. in the February 9, 2009 issue of the Journal of Cell Biology . The conversion of epithelial cells into fib...

Researchers gain new insight on wonder of cell division

... of branched microfilaments at the cell cortex as a critical step in cell division. "We have found a completely new way of thinking about how cells remodel their internal skeletons such that they undergo the shape changes needed to divide and produce daughter cells," Bowerman said. "Some of these proteins...

Reeve Foundation Recruits Distinguished Stem-Cell Neurobiologist - The Salk Institute's Samuel L. Pfaff, Ph.D. - to its International Research Consortium

...aborative research across eight international laboratories that focuses on optimizing the intrinsic capacity of the adult nervous system to repair and remodel itself and eliciting robust regenerative responses after injury. "Dr. Pfaff's expertise in the embryonic development of the spinal cord will add sig...

JCI table of contents: May 22, 2008

...nerve cell death. Recent data have implicated a cellular process known as autophagy (whereby cells can degrade long-lived proteins and compartments to remodel their interiors and/or survive stressful situations) in neurodegeneration, but whether it protects against or promotes neurodegeneration remains contr...

Longs Drug Stores Corporation Reports Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2008

...iluted share, related to the planned disposition of stores. For Fiscal 2009, Longs Drugs plans to open or relocate approximately 20 to 30 stores and remodel up to 40 stores. The Company is estimating capital expenditures for Fiscal 2009 to be in the range of $150 million to $200 million. Teleconference a...

Protein in human hair shows promise for regenerating nerves

... activity of Schwann cells, which play a vital role in nerve regeneration. These cells produce signals that tell nerve cells to begin regenerating and remodel the blood clot that has formed so that nerve cells can grow across it. By using keratin to activate these cells, were trying to tap into the natur...

Freeze-dried tendon implants prove effective in early studies

...rafts also sucked up, and delivered into the graft site, a solution of gene therapy vectors that directed the recipients cells to accept the graft and remodel it into living tissue. Orthopaedic surgeons have been searching for the perfect material to replace tendon, one with the right mix of strength and...

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Two Major Studies Show: Human Pluripotent Stem Cells without Cloning or Destroying Embryo

... destroying live embryos, iPSCs are made directly from adult cells by adding a small number of factors to these cells in the laboratory. These factors remodel the mature cells and convert them into stem cells that are functionally identical to stem cells obtained from embryos. No human eggs are required and ...

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Antibody targeting of glioblastoma shows promise in preclinical tests, say Lombardi researchers

...this study that many brain cancers overexpress PTN and ALK very similar to the developing brain. "When the brain is developing, it needs to constantly remodel itself," he says. "Glioblastoma appears to be another example of cancer that develops when embryonic genes are upregulated. As a result, brain tumor c...

UAB study reveals bone coupling factor key to skeletal health

... BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have discovered a molecular coupling factor that helps bones grow and remodel themselves to stay strong, a finding that could lead to better bone-building therapies and new osteoporosis drugs, the researchers said The couplin...

3-D research model tackles prostate cancer spread

...cells," she said. "We want to study how the cancer cells degrade the matrix, or the mix of proteins and growth factors produced by these cells, and remodel the environment to suit the cancer cells to grow a tumour." Ms Sieh said scientists also wanted to understand why prostate cancer cells were attract...

Stem cell therapy makes cloudy corneas clear, according to Pitt researchers

...lems, said senior investigator James L. Funderburgh, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Ophthalmology. The Pitt corneal stem cells were able to remodel scar-like tissue back to normal. "Our experiments indicate that after stem cell treatment, mouse eyes that initially had corneal defects looked no ...

Caltech researchers get first 3-D glimpse of bacterial cell-wall architecture

...no-acid peptides. It is the sacculus, Jensen notes, that is targeted by the antibiotic penicillin; penicillin blocks a bacterium's ability to grow and remodel the bag to fit it as the bacterium itself grows. "If the bug can't make this bag," Jensen says, "it can't multiply, and you get better." Researcher...

The structure of the Mre11 protein bound to DNA

...ct with Rad50, Nbs1, or other repair proteins, but do affect its ability to remodel DNA. One mutation, which affects the remodeling of DNA ends, causes fewer problems. The other histidine mutation impairs Mre11's ability to remodel both end and internal sequences and subsequently cripples repair. Because M...

Genes set scene for metastasis

...ologists at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) have identified a set of genes expressed in human breast cancer cells that work together to remodel the network of blood vessels at the site of the primary tumor. These genes were also found to promote the spread of breast cancer to the lungs. The st...

Study to explore using magnets to correct 'sunken chest'

... Harrison, MD, professor of surgery and pediatrics emeritus at UCSF and lead investigator of the study. "We needed to apply a force to gradually remodel the chest wall without piercing the skin," Harrison said. "Magnets do it." The research team named the new technique the "Magnetic Mini-Mover Pro...

Carnegie Mellon University research shows how sensory-deprived brain compensates

... "These findings show us that a fully functioning set of whiskers on one side of the body dramatically inhibits the ability of a single whisker to remodel the brain," said Barth. "This finding suggests that we could boost the brain's plasticity if we 'turn off' sensory input from the opposite side of the...

Molecular DNA switch found to be the same for all life

... DnaA initiator found in the E.coli study suggests that there are likely to be strong mechanistic commonalities in the ways that initiators engage and remodel replication origins, as well as in how they facilitate replisome assembly." The idea that all three domains of life share the same DNA replicatio...

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ETEX Corporation Announces FDA Clearance of Small Size Beta-bsm(TM) Injectable Paste and Gamma-bsm(TM) Moldable Putty

... and foot/ankle surgeons requested user friendly moldable and injectable materials that set fast, are drillable, provide high compressive strength and remodel into bone over time. Beta-bsm(TM) Injectable Paste and Gamma-bsm(TM) Moldable Putty are intended for use in filling bone voids or defects of the...

Ratcliff Designs Hospital of the Future for John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus

...i-private rooms, increasing the hospital's total beds by 27 percent to 416. Ratcliff ( http://www.ratcliffarch.com ) developed a long-term program for remodel and expansion of the entire Walnut Creek Campus to address SB-1953 seismic safety issues and to assist the hospital in meeting future health care dema...

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Stem cell

...t attacks are due to the coronary artery being blocked, starving tissue of oxygen and nutrients . Days after the attack is over, the cells try to remodel themselves in order to become able to pump harder. However, because of the decreased blood flow this attempt is futile and results in even more muscle...