Monthly Archives: July 2015

A comparative analysis of MSCs from bone marrow, umbilical cord blood, and adipose tissue.

Here is an analysis of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) from bone marrow and their therapeutic comparison [...]

The pluripotency of mesenchymal stem cells derived from adult marrow

This article discusses the pluripotency of mesenchymal stem cells derived from adult marrow. It reports that cells [...]

The implications of angiogenesis and blood vessel maturation in human tumors.

This study of microvessel density (MVD) to assess the vasculature in tumors shows varying degrees of [...]

Pycnogenol is effective in decreasing systolic blood pressure in mildly hypertensive patients.

This study on oral Pycnogenol supplementation with non-smoking, mildly hypertension patients shows a significant decrease in [...]

Pycnogenol® is shown to be useful for treating various diseases whose pathogeneses involve endothelial dysfunction.

This double-blind, randomized, placebo and active drug study, Pycnogenol®’s effects on endothelium-dependent vasodilation in humans suggests [...]

Pine bark extract lowers plasma glucose levels in diabetes type II patients.

An experiment with 77 diabetes type II patients reveals that French maritime pine bark extract (Pynogenol®) [...]

Evidence for bone marrow-derived circulating endothelial cells.

This article demonstrates that a subset of CD34+ cells have the capacity to differentiate into endothelial [...]

Circulating progenitor cells regenerate the endothelium of vein grafts.

Endothelial cell death and regeneration was studied using transgenic mice carrying LacZ genes driven by an [...]

Smoking cessation increases endothelial progenitor cells, helping to restore cardiovascular health.

The effect of smoking on endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) is not well known, but in [...]

The growth kinetics, self-renewing capacity, and osteogenic potential of purified MSCs.

This study to determine the growth kinetics, self-renewing capacity, and the osteogenic potential of purified MSCs [...]