BEIJING, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Scientists around the world are looking for the "keys" to enable humans to regrow tissues or organs lost due to illness or injury, just like gecko can regrow a tail. Their quest now extends into space. Stem cell research on Tianzhou-1, China's first carg...
So far, the cleansing process is used only on donor lungs from deceased organ donors. However, I think that just as we can do cleanings through kidney dialysis and plasmapheresis, that one day we will be able to clean the lungs inside the living person who suffers from COPD and other lun...
In cellular biology, stable cells arecells that multiply only when needed. They spend most of the time in the quiescent G0phase of the cell cycle but can be stimulated to enter the cell cycle when needed. Examples include the liver, the proximal tubules of the kidney and endocrine glands. ...
You might have heard that fatty foods cause arterial fat deposits just like kitchen grease you rinse down the drain, which, over time, builds up to clog the pipe. When you have a clogged pipe you simply bust through the clog with a plumbing snake or Draino. It would make sense to trea...
When a patient needed a new organ, such as kidney, the surgeon would contact a commercial organ producer, give him the patient’s immunological profile and would then be sent a kidney with the correct tissue type. These organs would be entirely composed of human cells, grown by introducing ...
Oldak started off as a chemist with a background in biomineraliziation, studying the mechanisms that organisms use to make minerals in their bodies liketeeth, bone, seashells or even kidney stones. "I wanted to expand the basic science into something translational, something that could be develop...
Oldak started off as a chemist with a background in biomineraliziation, studying the mechanisms that organisms use to make minerals in their bodies liketeeth, bone, seashells or even kidney stones. "I wanted to expand the basic science into something translational, something that could be develop...