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In a new study published in the January 17 edition of Cancer Cell, researchers have identified cells, known as pericytes, that play an important role in the prevention of cancer metastasis. Pericytes are a component of tissue vasculature and are necessary for angiogenesis, or blood vessel growth. Current antiangiogenic cancer therapies...
Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a very common genetic disorder that currently has no cure and few effective treatments. The disease is caused by a defective recessive gene, which was identified in 1989. According to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 1 in 31 Americans carry the CF gene, which is more common in Caucasians of...
Can doctors prevent miscarriage after IVF through a minor change in clinical procedure? In vitro fertilization (IVF) is a process by which the egg and sperm of infertile couples are manually combined in a laboratory setting. If manual fertilization is successful, the embryos, typically about four or less, are...
According to a study published on 3 January in Nature Communications, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have improved the health and longevity of aging mice by injecting them with stem cell-like progenitor cells derived from the muscle of young mice. Within the body, stem/progenitor cells have...
Researchers at Georgetown University have developed a new method to grow normal cells and tumor cells from cancer patients in a laboratory setting, which previously had been impossible. Normal cells do not grow well in a laboratory and most cancer cells will not grow at all, which has been...
Janelle Vaesa received her Master of Science degree in Public Health, with a concentration in Health Behavior, from the University of Louisville in 2008, and her Bachelor of Science in Health and Human Performance, also from the University of Louisville, in 2006. Janelle has eight years of experience in a variety of public health settings, but her expertise [...]
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