Holders of Genzyme Tissue Repair and Genzyme Surgical Products stock will hold 27% and 26% respectively.
Details on one interesting one were revealed in the purchase of a company called Lotus Tissue Repair by Shire.
Scientists believe that the scarring which characterises human tissue repair is still going on, but is "overwhelmed" by energetic production of new muscle fibres.
Other instruments can be inserted into the tube or through other small incisions to remove the ectopic tissue and repair the fallopian tube.
Inflammation is often used by the body to repair tissue (which is why when you sprain a muscle, the area becomes inflamed).
He and his team already have grown early-stage valves and patches that could be used some day to repair tissue damaged by heart attack.
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As the source of every cell, tissue and organ in the body, their medical application has the potential to repair damaged tissue, regrow internal organs and cure currently incurable diseases like cystic fibrosis, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
Tissue cells, instead of performing the normal self-repair of damaged tissue, begin laying down excessive layers of collagen to help build a scar.
They also may do more harm than good, causing formation of scar tissue that makes eventual repair more difficult.
These iPS cells, like stem cells derived from embryos, can be turned into many different kinds of cells, and researchers believe they eventually could be used to regenerate tissue for organs and repair damage.
Osiris Therapeutics of Baltimore has several trials under way using adult stem cells to treat the intestinal inflammation known as Crohn's disease, repair damaged tissue following a heart attack and prevent the progression of arthritis.
Traditional surgery can be more effective because it allows more extensive repair of surrounding tissue, surgeons say.
For example, its Arthroscopy products are used in the repair of soft tissue joint injuries, particularly the knee and shoulder.
It is also evaluating their use to repair cartilage and heart tissue in animals.
To repair complex or oddly shaped tissue defects, an injectable cell carrier is desirable to achieve accurate fit and to minimize surgery, he says.
Foxhollow was the brainchild of serial medical entrepreneur John Simpson, who had developed a way to repair diseased arteries by cutting away plaque and damaged tissue.
Foxhollow (nasdaq: FOXH - news - people ) was the brainchild of serial medical entrepreneur John Simpson, who had developed a way to repair diseased arteries by cutting away plaque and damaged tissue.
Those who are most susceptible to the disease have over-zealous repair mechanisms that replace too much liver with useless scar tissue.
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