Scientists at the University of Sheffield have discovered new ways to help detect and treat the debilitating brittle bone disease osteoporosis. According to a scientific study published in the European Journal of Human Genetics, women with a faulty gene have lower bone mass and lose nearly 10...
Autologous (self-donated) mononuclear cells derived from bone marrow (BMMNCs) have been found to significantly induce vascular growth when transplanted into patients with diabetes who are suffering from critical limb ischemia caused by peripheral artery disease (PAD), a complication of diabetes...
Whenever I smile, of course my jaw moves. And when my jaw moves, I can feel my cheek bone moves as well?
So it's like whenever I smile, the whole two sides of my face moves. I don't see this in other people. When they smile, it's only the bottom half of their face moves.
Are our jaws connected...
When William Murphy, an associate professor of biomedical engineering and orthopedics and rehabilitation at University of Wisconsin-Madison works with some of the most powerful tools in biology, his approach is to develop tools that fit together. The structures are similar to socket wrenches...
An appeals court ruled yesterday that most bone marrow donors can be paid, overturning decades-old government policy in which such compensation was a crime punishable by up to five years in prison. It's about time. Paying for bone marrow will hopefully attract more donors—which could save more...
In principle, stem cells offer scientists the opportunity to create specific cell types - such as nerve or heart cells - to replace tissues damaged by age or disease. In reality, coaxing stem cells to become the desired cell type can be challenging, to say the least...
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Scientists at Penn's Perelman School of Medicine Center for Research in FOP and Related Disorders have developed a new genetic approach to specifically block the damaged copy of the gene for a rare bone disease, while leaving the normal copy untouched. Lead author Josef Kaplan, PhD...
...and a short spike for venting gas? It is marked "H Ford Mfg. Trenton NJ Maybe 100 years old or more. Does anyone knowif this was one of Henry's companies?
Stromal cells, as distinct from hematopoietic cells, are an essential component of the bone marrow microenvironment and are necessary for the long-term maintenance of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) in vitro. Previous studies have shown that stromal cells regulate the proliferation and...
Although replacing lost teeth often involves artificially building up the jaw, researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, are now showcasing a new method whereby teeth are instead moved into the toothless area using a brace, giving patients the chance of...
I have a history of sinus infections and tooth abscesses. I no longer have a sinus infection, but when I do get them... they stay for months and sometimes, even years. I have to take antibiotics to get rid of them. I plan on going to the dentist for my teeth, as well. Also, I have a thyroid...
...motion. Could I have broken it? basically i can fully extend it with out to much discomfort but trying to bend it is really painful. Its not really swollen and there is a minor bruise. Is it possible I broke some thing? If it is broken why can I move it around make a fist ect?
According to an investigation reported today at the 2011 European Multidisciplinary Cancer Congress, individuals suffering with bone metastases from advanced prostate cancer have not had many options until recently. Now the first Phase II investigation of an alpha-pharmaceutical in these...
The ability to produce neuroprotectors, proteins that protect the human brain against neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's and ALS, is the holy grail of brain research. A technology developed at Tel Aviv University does just that, and it's now out of the lab and in hospitals to begin...
i woke up with extreme pain in my foot 18th june 2011, went to casualty 19th june 2011. i was told there and then i had shattered the sesamoid bone in my right foot , i was given a tubi grip and some xtra strength nurofen. Its now 16th september 2011 and everyday im still in agony, ive been back...
Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), a hormone produced in the anterior pituitary gland that regulates endocrine function in the thyroid gland, can promote bone growth independent of its usual thyroid functions. The research suggests...
Half-matched bone marrow or stem cell transplants for blood cancer patients have typically been associated with disappointing clinical outcomes. However, a clinical trial conducted at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson testing its unique, two-step half-match procedure has produced some...