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Stem cell population identified is vital for bone regeneration: Research
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Researchers have identified a subpopulation of mesenchymal stem cells in the bone marrow that express the marker CD73. These cells have a higher potential for proliferation and differentiation, and play a significant role in bone healing, migrating to the site of a fracture and developing in
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Researchers reveal how metastatic cancer causes leaky blood vessels
Updated : 1 month, 4 weeks ago IST
Researchers examine the local communication between endothelial cells and tumors cells and its effects on endothelial cell orientation. The approach uses co-cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells and breast epithelial tumor cell lines to simulate the tumor-endothelial interaction. T
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Study: Retinal cells have potential to protect from diabetic retinopathy
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Diabetes mellitus (DM) causes diabetic retinopathy (DR), which is the major cause of blindness in people of working age. DR usually appears after many years of diabetes, and some people do not develop diabetic retinopathy for more than 50 years.
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Study reveals why brain cells are needed for fever
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
The body's response to infection or inflammation is fever, which also serves as a defence mechanism against things like viruses and bacteria. The body releases molecules called cytokines into the bloodstream when it is infected or inflammatory. The blood-brain barrier, a system of microscopi
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Enhancing veins for better dialysis access, heart bypass graft performance
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], August 14 (ANI): In order to save a life, unnatural, direct connections between arteries and veins are made, such as a kidney dialysis access point or using a vein to get around a coronary artery blockage.
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Study reveals ideas about relationship among diabetes, fat and cardiovascu
Updated : 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 5 (ANI): A team of scientists describe a series of studies designed to determine the relationship among insulin, fats and the vascular system and identified a new pathway in which the cells lining the blood vessels - called endothelial cells - drive the body's metabol
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Study probes how intestine repairs damaged tissue
Updated : 6 months ago IST
San Diego (California) [US] August 5 (ANI): Researchers in a new study discovered a component in the intestine that plays a crucial role in repairing damaged tissue.
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Study fouses on exploring connections between ovarian cancer and blood cel
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], August 15 (ANI): A team of researchers collaborated to gain a better understanding of the interaction among ovarian cancer tumours, blood vessels and platelets. They found that tumours break the blood vessel barriers so that they can communicate with the blood cells, s
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Study reveals e-cigarette users experience vascular damage similar to that
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 29 (ANI): An eye-opening study for those who have switched their traditional cigarettes to e-cigarettes advocates that using e-cigarettes damages the arteries and blood vessel function much like smoking traditional cigarettes.
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MAHE researchers discover biomolecules preventing insulin effects on blood
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Manipal (Karnataka) [India], Aug 7 (BusinessWire India): Insulin, a hormone secreted by the pancreas, plays an important role in stimulating the muscle, fat, and liver cells to consume glucose and produce energy. In addition to this, insulin also carries out specialised functions in cells su
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Blood vessels are not designed to fight infections: Study
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 11 (ANI): In a recent study, group of scientists have found that endothelial cells are vulnerable to bacterial infection because they lack certain immune machinery common in other cells.
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