Tissue compatibility

Tissue Transplantation

Connective tissue and lymphoproliferative disorders

Tissue Growth Factors BMP 2

The classical tissue factors typically are proteins used for tissue repair and growth stimulation. Among the approved products are the growth factors PDGF, IGF, EGF, BMP and FGF. One of the commercial...

Mixed Connective Tissue Disease MCTD

Researchers determine differences in stiffness between healthy and cancerous tissue

The texture of breast cancer tissue differs from that of healthy tissue. Using a cutting-edge tissue diagnostic device, a group of researchers in Basel, Switzerland, has determined one key difference:...

Differences In Tissue Stiffness Have Potential To Aid In Diagnosis, Therapy Of Breast Cancer

The texture of breast cancer tissue differs from that of healthy tissue. Using a cutting-edge tissue diagnostic device, a group of researchers in Basel, Switzerland, has determined one key difference:...

Enhanced Tracking of Tissue for Transplantation Enhanced Tracking of Tissue for Transplantation

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) estimates that tissue banks provide 1.5 million tissue grafts annually, often supplying hospitals in several different states or even countries with tissue fr...

Merging tissue and electronics

To control the 3D shape of engineered tissue, researchers grow cells on tiny, sponge-like scaffolds. These devices can be implanted into patients or used in the laboratory to study tissue responses to...

Adipose tissue: friend or foe?

An epidemic of obesity and related cardiovascular comorbidities is occurring worldwide. In this comprehensive Review, the authors describe the various forms of adipose tissue and the complex roles of...

Editorial: Strategies in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine

“Strategies in Tissue Engineering”: this special issue is edited by Prof. Katja Schenke‐Layland and Prof. Heike Walles and covers many salient aspects of tissue engineering and regenerative medi...

From microns to centimeters: Researchers invent new tissue engineering tool

Imagine a machine that makes layered, substantial patches of engineered tissue -- tissue that could be used as grafts for burn victims or vascular patches. Sounds like science fiction? According to en...

FDA clears Soft Tissue Regeneration’s STR GRAFT

Soft Tissue Regeneration, an early stage orthopedic device company that has developed a breakthrough tissue engineering platform used to regenerate ligaments and tendons, announced today that it has r...

The challenges of litigation in US courts and the actions tissue banks can take to meet those challenges.

The growth of tissue banking from local non-profit organizations to national and multi-national corporations has increased the likelihood of litigation against tissue banks. The acquisition of tissue...

A Review of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International Standards for Tissue Banks.

The IAEA International Standards for Tissue Banks published in 2003 were based on the Standards then currently in use in the USA and the European Union, among others, and reflect the best practices as...

Ethical tissue: a not-for-profit model for human tissue supply.

Following legislative changes in 2004 and the establishment of the Human Tissue Authority, access to human tissues for biomedical research became a more onerous and tightly regulated process. Ethical...

Tissue proteomics of the low-molecular-weight proteome using an integrated cLC-ESI-QTOFMS approach.

Analysis of the protein/peptide composition of tissue has provided meaningful insights into tissue biology and even disease mechanisms. However, little has been published regarding top down methods to...

Elastography, the new Dimension in Ultrasonography.

Inflammation and neoplasia lead to an alteration of the normal tissue structure causing hardening of the tissue and an alteration of its elasticity. The elasticity modulus is a measure of the stress w...