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Professor wins Wiley Prize for discovering how cells sense, respond to low oxygen conditions

The 13th annual Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences was awarded to Gregg Semenza, M.D., Ph.D., for his contribution to discovering how cells sense and respond to low oxygen conditions.

5 Feb 2014

Putnam Hospital Center recognized with CEO Cancer Gold Standard accreditation

Putnam Hospital Center in Carmel, NY, is leading by example when it comes to promoting healthy lifestyle choices and encouraging workplace wellness. The CEO Roundtable on Cancer has accredited Putnam Hospital Center with the CEO Cancer Gold Standard recognizing the firm's efforts to reduce the risk of cancer for its employees and covered family members by establishing programs to reduce cancer risk, encouraging early detection through cancer screenings, and ensuring access to quality treatment.

3 Feb 2014

Researchers engineer skin cells for first time containing blood and lymphatic capillaries

Researchers at the University Children's Hospital Zurich and the University of Zurich have engineered skin cells for the very first time containing blood and lymphatic capillaries. They succeeded in isolating all the necessary types of skin cells from human skin tissue and engineering a skin graft that is similar to full-thickness skin.

30 Jan 2014

New approach for reversing hair loss uses stem cells to regenerate missing hair follicles

If the content of many a situation comedy, not to mention late-night TV advertisements, is to be believed, there's an epidemic of balding men, and an intense desire to fix their follicular deficiencies.

28 Jan 2014

Copenhagen researchers boost self-efficacy of diabetic patients through motivational health coaching

By means of so-called health coaching, researchers at the University of Copenhagen have helped a large group of diabetics to markedly improve their oral health.

27 Jan 2014

Extracts from birch tree helps damaged skin around wounds to regenerate more quickly

Extracts from the birch tree have served for centuries as a traditional means of helping the damaged skin around wounds to regenerate more quickly. Prof. Dr. Irmgard Merfort from the Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University of Freiburg and her team have now explained the molecular mechanism behind the wound-healing effect of an extract from the outer white layer of the tree's bark.

24 Jan 2014

Loyola professor receives prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

Katherine Radek, PhD, of Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, has received a prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.

24 Jan 2014

Splicing factor SRSF6 promotes hyperplasia of sensitized skin

Normally, tissue injury triggers a mechanism in cells that tries to repair damaged tissue and restore the skin to a normal, or homeostatic state. Errors in this process can give rise to various problems, such as chronic inflammation, which is a known cause of certain cancers.

21 Jan 2014

Breakthrough technology could provide new approach for treatment of chronic wounds

A team of researchers led by an NIBIB grantee at Vanderbilt University has created a biodegradable scaffold that enables sustained, local delivery of gene-silencing factors called siRNA to promote tissue regeneration. The team recently used the scaffold to successfully deliver siRNA to mice in order to locally silence a gene normally responsible for inhibiting blood vessel formation.

20 Jan 2014

ARIAD Pharmaceuticals' Iclusig now commercially available to patients in the U.S.

ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced the commercial availability of Iclusig (ponatinib) for adult patients with refractory chronic myeloid leukemia and Philadelphia-chromosome positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia in the United States. ARIAD has begun shipping Iclusig to Biologics, Inc., its exclusive specialty pharmacy, which is now filling prescriptions from physicians and distributing the cancer medicine to patients.

18 Jan 2014

Study shows high-fiber diet reduces risk of colon problems

Scientists have more reasons for you to eat fiber and not abuse antibiotics.

17 Jan 2014

Cedars-Sinai investigators identify new molecular abnormalities in diabetic cornea

Investigators at the Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute have identified new molecular abnormalities in the diabetic cornea that could contribute to eye problems in affected patients.

16 Jan 2014

Cedars-Sinai investigators identify new molecular abnormalities in diabetic cornea

Investigators at the Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute have identified new molecular abnormalities in the diabetic cornea that could contribute to eye problems in affected patients. With this new knowledge, investigators aim to accelerate the process of healing and repair in damaged corneas to ultimately reverse the effects of diabetes-induced eye complications.

15 Jan 2014

Researchers discover key step to stem bleeding, reduce obstruction in blood flow during clot formation

Red blood cells are the body's true shape shifters, perhaps the most malleable of all cell types, transforming - among many other forms -- into compressed discs capable of going through capillaries with diameters smaller than the blood cell itself.

10 Jan 2014

T2HemoStat detection of novel clot behavior could direct therapeutic choices for stroke, heart attack victims

T2 Biosystems, a company developing direct detection products enabling superior diagnostics, announced that scientists from the University of Pennsylvania and T2 Biosystems have published a paper in Blood describing novel clot structure biology detected while testing T2 Bio's T2HemoStat-.

10 Jan 2014

Sverica’s additional investment supports RestorixHealth's acquisition of Candescent Healing

Sverica International Management LLC, a private equity investment firm, announced today that it made an additional equity investment in RestorixHealth, a comprehensive wound care management company.

7 Jan 2014

Research review examines effectiveness of treatments for chronic skin wounds

A systematic review of 66 research papers focused on the treatment of skin ulcers suggests that most are so technically flawed that their results are unreliable. And even of those that pass muster, there is only weak evidence that some treatments work better than standard compression therapy or special stockings.

24 Dec 2013

Intrexon enters into definitive agreement to acquire Medistem

Intrexon Corporation, a leader in synthetic biology, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire, for approximately $26 million, San Diego-based Medistem, Inc. a pioneer in the development of Endometrial Regenerative Cells, universal donor adult stem cells that stimulate new blood vessel formation and are capable of generating different tissues including heart, brain, pancreas, liver, bone, cartilage and lung.

21 Dec 2013

Decreasing levels of reactive oxygen species can break cycle of unhealing wounds

Chronic wounds affect an estimated 6.5 million Americans at an annual cost of about $25 billion. Further, foot blisters and other diabetic ulcers or sores account for the vast majority of foot and leg amputations in the United States today.

18 Dec 2013

Skin cells can migrate over regions devoid of support from extracellular matrix

A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore have discovered that outer skin cells are able to unite to form suspended "bridges" during wound healing. The new findings will pave the way for tissue engineering, such as the design of artificial skin, and better wound treatment.

13 Dec 2013

Wound Healing News and Research

Professor wins Wiley Prize for discovering how cells sense, respond to low oxygen conditions

Putnam Hospital Center recognized with CEO Cancer Gold Standard accreditation

Researchers engineer skin cells for first time containing blood and lymphatic capillaries

New approach for reversing hair loss uses stem cells to regenerate missing hair follicles

Copenhagen researchers boost self-efficacy of diabetic patients through motivational health coaching

Extracts from birch tree helps damaged skin around wounds to regenerate more quickly

Loyola professor receives prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

Splicing factor SRSF6 promotes hyperplasia of sensitized skin

Breakthrough technology could provide new approach for treatment of chronic wounds

ARIAD Pharmaceuticals' Iclusig now commercially available to patients in the U.S.

Study shows high-fiber diet reduces risk of colon problems

Cedars-Sinai investigators identify new molecular abnormalities in diabetic cornea

Cedars-Sinai investigators identify new molecular abnormalities in diabetic cornea

Researchers discover key step to stem bleeding, reduce obstruction in blood flow during clot formation

T2HemoStat detection of novel clot behavior could direct therapeutic choices for stroke, heart attack victims

Sverica’s additional investment supports RestorixHealth's acquisition of Candescent Healing

Research review examines effectiveness of treatments for chronic skin wounds

Intrexon enters into definitive agreement to acquire Medistem

Decreasing levels of reactive oxygen species can break cycle of unhealing wounds

Skin cells can migrate over regions devoid of support from extracellular matrix

Industry Focus eBook - Cell & Gene Therapy (1st Edition) eBook

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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