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Fibrosis

The formation of fibrous tissue, fibroid or fibrous degeneration


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Re: ?{REGENERATION}? Is it possible ???!!

... (albeit complex) to facilitate regeneration. The cytokine and hormone environment has been brought up in the literature to be conducive to fibrosis. I believe that it is cytokines, though a different cytokine environment than what is expressed now, may be beneficial towards regeneration. ...

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by kolean
Fri Jun 26, 2009 12:37 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: ?{REGENERATION}? Is it possible ???!!
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?{REGENERATION}? Is it possible ???!!

... program. Now, there can be a hinderance to accessing the develpmental genetic program, but there should be ways around that. Like how to block fibrosis (scar tissue formation) and proceed to epithelial cells disengaging from the basement membrane and sliding over the wound opening. Dedifferentiation ...

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by kolean
Thu Jun 25, 2009 3:52 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: ?{REGENERATION}? Is it possible ???!!
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Natural selection wrong due to transmission of harmful genes

... the full quote says There are more than 6,000 known single-gene disorders, which occur in about one in every 200 births . Examples are cystic fibrosis, sickle-cell anemia, Huntington's disease, and hereditary hemochromatosis I have a friend who lost her parents a few years ago and she is doing ...

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by gamila
Wed Jun 03, 2009 6:08 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection wrong due to transmission of harmful genes
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Views: 1375

Re: Natural selection wrong due to transmission of harmful genes

... her parents a few years ago and she is doing just fine living with her aunt. which occur in about one in every 200 births. Examples are cystic fibrosis, sickle-cell anemia, Sickle cell anemia helps people to survive against malaria. as a younger woman, you start out with a much lower risk of ...

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by futurezoologist
Tue Jun 02, 2009 11:23 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection wrong due to transmission of harmful genes
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Views: 1375

Natural selection wrong due to transmission of harmful genes

... “There are more than 6,000 known single-gene disorders, which occur in about one in every 200 births. Examples are cystic fibrosis, sickle-cell anemia, Huntington's disease, and hereditary hemochromatosis” The study, led by a pediatrician and medical geneticist at the University ...

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by gamila
Tue Jun 02, 2009 3:22 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection wrong due to transmission of harmful genes
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