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Cerebral aneurysms are more likely to rupture if they grow in size

Cerebral aneurysms of all sizes-even small ones below seven millimeters-are 12 times more likely to rupture if they are growing in size, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology.

2 Jul 2013

DNA fragments in blood may help doctors to quickly identify coronary artery disease

DNA fragments in your blood may someday help doctors quickly learn if chest pain means you have narrowed heart arteries, according to a new study published in the American Heart Association journal Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology.

2 Jul 2013

Study shows lymphatic circulatory system may be intimately involved in vascular disorders

The often forgotten lymphatic circulatory system may be intimately involved in vascular disorders, according to a study by researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) and University of Michigan. Their research was reported recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

30 Jun 2013

Researchers develop new drug delivery systems to treat cancer by blocking signaling receptor

A cardiac hormone signaling receptor abundantly expressed both in inflamed tissues and cancers appears to recruit stem cells that form the blood vessels needed to feed tumor growth, reports a new study by scientists at the University of South Florida Nanomedicine Research Center.

30 Jun 2013

Queen Mary engineers develop red blood cells simulator to help treat circulatory problems

Engineers from Queen Mary, University of London have developed the world's most precise computer simulation of how red blood cells might travel around the body to help doctors treat people with serious circulatory problems.

28 Jun 2013

'Sleep Mask' prototype: The world's first non-invasive treatment for sight loss

Rt Hon David Willetts MP has seen the 'Sleep Mask' prototype - the world's first non-invasive treatment for sight loss that will save the need for expensive hospital treatment - at Northumbria University's Northern Design Centre (NDC).

28 Jun 2013

Decorin protein in blood inhibits tumor progression, say researchers

Researchers from Thomas Jefferson University's Kimmel Cancer Center have discovered that decorin, a naturally occurring protein that circulates in the blood, acts as a potent inhibitor of tumor growth modulating the tumor microenvironment.

28 Jun 2013

Study suggests amylin deposits are a new biomarker for age-related dementia and Alzheimer's

A second amyloid may play a role in Alzheimer's disease, UC Davis researchers find. A protein secreted with insulin travels through the bloodstream and accumulates in the brains of individuals with type 2 diabetes and dementia, in the same manner as the amyloid beta (Αβ) plaques that are associated with Alzheimer's disease, a study by researchers with the UC Davis Alzheimer's Disease Center has found.

28 Jun 2013

Curing type 1 diabetes: an interview with Dr. Habib Zaghouani, MU School of Medicine

Type 1 diabetes is an attack by the immune system of the islet of Langerhans within the pancreas. Basically, the islet of Langerhans harbor beta cells, which produce insulin and when the islets are attacked, the beta cells destruct and there is no more insulin. When the insulin level goes low, blood glucose levels go high and that creates a problem.

28 Jun 2013

Physician offers helpful tips to a healthy summer

Summer is officially here, and for many, so is the threat of sunburn, bug bites and allergies. Deepti Shivakumar, MD, family practice at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, offers some helpful tips to a healthy summer.

27 Jun 2013

Report alerts clinicians, public about catastrophic dangers of contaminated epidural injections

Investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention describe pathologic findings from 40 case reports of fungal infection in patients who had been given contaminated epidural, paraspinal, or intra-articular (into joints) steroid injections and correlate these findings with clinical and laboratory data.

26 Jun 2013

Researchers develop breakthrough approach to reduce harmful effects from blood transfusions

Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have developed an unprecedented approach to restore nitric oxide to donated blood, a breakthrough that could dramatically reduce harmful effects from transfusions.

26 Jun 2013

New method of maturing human heart cells mimics fetal heart rate

A new method of maturing human heart cells that simulates the natural growth environment of heart cells while applying electrical pulses to mimic the heart rate of fetal humans has led researchers at the University of Toronto to an electrifying step forward for cardiac research.

25 Jun 2013

Johns Hopkins student-built devices win two top awards in national contest

Johns Hopkins student-built devices—a blood clot detection system and a concealable, hands-free breast pump—have won two of the top three awards in a national contest that recognizes innovative biomedical engineering designs that have high commercial potential and social impact.

21 Jun 2013

Microfluidic devices can trap and sort bacteria and viruses in food and water

A new process for making a three-dimensional microstructure that can be used in the analysis of cells could prove useful in counterterrorism measures and in water and food safety concerns.

20 Jun 2013

Researchers launch clinical trial on stem cells to prevent amputations in end stage PAD

University Hospitals Case Medical Center clinical researchers have launched an innovative clinical trial, unique in its design, which will evaluate the ability of a patient's own stem cells to prevent leg amputations in end stage peripheral arterial disease (PAD).

20 Jun 2013

Researchers develop method to identify aggressive prostate cancers

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues at Louisiana State University have developed a method for identifying aggressive prostate cancers that require immediate therapy. It relies on understanding the genetic interaction between single nucleotide polymorphisms. The goal is to better predict a prostate cancer's aggressiveness to avoid unnecessary radical treatment.

20 Jun 2013

New chemical probe confirms that hydrogen sulfide is generated by body's growing cells.

A new study confirms directly what scientists previously knew only indirectly: The poisonous "rotten egg" gas hydrogen sulfide is generated by our body's growing cells.

19 Jun 2013

Ico Therapeutics completes Phase 2 iDEAL study for treatment of diabetic macular edema

iCo Therapeutics Inc. announced today that it has completed enrollment of its Phase 2 iDEAL study evaluating the efficacy and safety after repeated injections of iCo-007 in patients with Diabetic Macular Edema (DME). The study has shown a good safety profile with no drug-related serious adverse events to date.

19 Jun 2013

Researchers discover a rational source of pain in skin of patients with fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia, a painful condition affecting approximately 10 million people in the U.S., is not imaginary after all, as some doctors have believed. A discovery, published this month in PAIN MEDICINE (the journal of the American Academy of Pain Medicine), clearly now demonstrates that fibromyalgia may have a rational biological basis located in the skin.

19 Jun 2013

Blood Vessels News and Research

Cerebral aneurysms are more likely to rupture if they grow in size

DNA fragments in blood may help doctors to quickly identify coronary artery disease

Study shows lymphatic circulatory system may be intimately involved in vascular disorders

Researchers develop new drug delivery systems to treat cancer by blocking signaling receptor

Queen Mary engineers develop red blood cells simulator to help treat circulatory problems

'Sleep Mask' prototype: The world's first non-invasive treatment for sight loss

Decorin protein in blood inhibits tumor progression, say researchers

Study suggests amylin deposits are a new biomarker for age-related dementia and Alzheimer's

Curing type 1 diabetes: an interview with Dr. Habib Zaghouani, MU School of Medicine

Physician offers helpful tips to a healthy summer

Report alerts clinicians, public about catastrophic dangers of contaminated epidural injections

Researchers develop breakthrough approach to reduce harmful effects from blood transfusions

New method of maturing human heart cells mimics fetal heart rate

Johns Hopkins student-built devices win two top awards in national contest

Microfluidic devices can trap and sort bacteria and viruses in food and water

Researchers launch clinical trial on stem cells to prevent amputations in end stage PAD

Researchers develop method to identify aggressive prostate cancers

New chemical probe confirms that hydrogen sulfide is generated by body's growing cells.

Ico Therapeutics completes Phase 2 iDEAL study for treatment of diabetic macular edema

Researchers discover a rational source of pain in skin of patients with fibromyalgia

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