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Tag: Lymphatic System
BIDMC Team Joins NIH Initiative Creating Human Cellular Map
A team led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center are joining the NIH to develop a framework for mapping the human body cell by cell.
New Research Reveals How the Heart Repairs After a Heart Attack
Immune response and the lymphatic system are central to cardiac repair after a heart attack, according to a study from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute. These insights into the basic mechanisms of cardiac repair are the first step towards developing novel therapeutic approaches to preserve heart function. Findings were published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
Putting up a good fight: Regenerating the body’s natural defenses by restoring lymphatic networks
A research team led by Donny Hanjaya-Putra is building new lymphatic cord-like structures, which help restore normal behavior to dysfunctional lymphatic systems and allow the body to fight the disease.
Exploiting cancer cells to aid in their own destruction
Researchers at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago have developed a new therapeutic vaccine that uses a patient’s own tumor cells to train their immune system to find and kill cancer.
CHOP Researchers Reverse Severe Lymphatic Disorder in Patient with Noonan Syndrome by Targeting Genetic Pathway
Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have resolved a severe lymphatic disorder in a girl with Noonan Syndrome that had led to upper gastrointestinal bleeding, fluid collection around the lungs, and numerous surgeries that had been unable to resolve her symptoms. By identifying a genetic mutation along a pathway related to lymphatic vessel development and function, the research team was able to target the pathway using an existing drug they had used in a previous case to remodel a patient’s lymphatic system.
Researchers Explore Link between TRPV4 Channels, Diaphragm’s Lymphatic System and Temperature
Article title: TRPV4 channels’ dominant role in the temperature modulation of intrinsic contractility and lymph flow of rat diaphragmatic lymphatics Authors: Eleonora Solari, Cristiana Marcozzi, Michela Bistoletti, Andreina Baj, Cristina Giaroni, Daniela Negrini, Andrea Moriondo From the authors: “The present…