Posts Tagged ‘transplant’
Cells in hydrogel reverse diabetes in mice
GEORGIA TECH / EMORY (US) — Scientists reversed Type 1 diabetes in mice in as little as 10 days using a new technique to transplant cells. Continue…
Thursday, May 9, 2013 11:54 - 2 Comments
Health & Medicine - Feb 6, 2013 15:39 - 0 Comments
Sensors detect dead transplanted cells
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Researchers have devised tiny sensors to detect whether cells transplanted into a living animal are alive or dead. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 21, 2012 16:18 - 1 Comment
Quick test predicts if transplant will stick
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — A simple, 10-minute bedside exam can predict which kidney transplant patients are most likely to do well with a new organ. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 21, 2010 9:40 - 0 Comments
Off-the-shelf tissue transplants
U. LEEDS (UK)—Researchers have developed a technique that uses material derived from natural human or animal tissues to create biological scaffolds for repairing arteries, tendons, ligaments, and even heart valves. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 20, 2010 11:08 - 2 Comments
No drugs needed to cure diabetes in rats
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US)—Researchers have cured diabetes in rats using transplants from both embryonic and adult pigs. The rats adopted the pig transplants as their own and produced enough insulin to control their blood sugar—all without the need for anti-rejection drugs. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Aug 24, 2009 4:00 - 0 Comments
How ‘tubes with teeth’ fight infection
EMORY (US)—Lampreys are primitive creatures—basically, tubes with teeth. Yet, researchers have discovered that lampreys have two kinds of immune cells that look very much like B and T cells in mammals, birds, and fish. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 13, 2009 13:57 - 0 Comments
‘Superman’ B-cells bash MS in mice
MCGILL (Canada)—Scientists have discovered a new experimental treatment that completely reverses multiple sclerosis (MS) in mice and may work the same way in humans. (more…)
