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Mayo genomic discovery: Protecting kidney function during heart failure

Posted on 18. Jun, 2009 by admin.

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ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic cardiology researchers have found a peptide that helps preserve and improve kidney function during heart failure, without affecting blood pressure. Earlier variations of this peptide caused blood pressure to drop limiting the potential benefits to the kidneys. The findings appear in the current Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Activated stem cells in damaged lungs could be first step toward cancer

Posted on 27. May, 2009 by admin.

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DURHAM, N.C. – Stem cells that respond after a severe injury in the lungs of mice may be a source of rapidly dividing cells that lead to lung cancer, according to a team of American and British researchers.
“There are chemically resistant, local-tissue stem cells in the lung that only activate after severe injury,” said Barry [...]

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