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Researchers Design Artificial Cells That Could Power Medical Implants

Researchers Design Artificial Cells That Could Power Medical Implants

   Researchers at Yale University have created a blueprint for artificial cells that are more powerful and efficient than the natural cells they mimic and could one day be used to power tiny medical implants.

Posted : Sun, Oct 12, 2008

Category : Science / Health News

Keeping Herpes Infection in Check: Pitt School of Medicine Researchers Describe Immune System Strategies in Science Paper

Keeping Herpes Infection in Check: Pitt School of Medicine Researchers Describe Immune System Strategies in Science Paper

   Herpes simplex virus type I can cause bouts of cold sores, blindness and potentially lethal encephalitis when it reawakens from a quiescent state in the nerve cells it infects.

Posted : Sun, Oct 12, 2008

Category : Science / Health News

Microchip-based Device Can Detect Rare Tumor Cells In Bloodstream

Microchip-based Device Can Detect Rare Tumor Cells In Bloodstream

   A team of investigators from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Biomicroelectromechanical Systems (BioMEMS) Resource Center and the MGH Cancer Center has developed a microchip-based device that can isolate, enumerate and analyze circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from a blood sample.

Posted : Thu, Dec 20, 2007

Category : Science / Health News

Human derived stem cells can repair rat hearts damaged by heart attack

Human derived stem cells can repair rat hearts damaged by heart attack

   Researchers developed a new process that greatly improves how stem cells are turned into heart muscle cells and then survive after being implanted in the damaged rat heart.

Posted : Wed, Aug 29, 2007

Category : Science / Health News

Stem Cells Isolated from Females Regenerate Skeletal Muscle More Efficiently than Male Cells

Stem Cells Isolated from Females Regenerate Skeletal Muscle More Efficiently than Male Cells

   Female stem cells derived from muscle have a greater ability to regenerate skeletal muscle tissue than male cells, according to a study at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC.

Posted : Tue, Apr 10, 2007

Category : Science / Health News
 
 
 
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