Angiogenesis

The elements of water, fire, wind, earth and aether are at the core of her practice. Every Wiccan practitioner has their own preferred element or more. Mrs. Johnson’s preferred elements are fire and earth. Due to her current living situation she favors fire for candle burning or burning herbs when spell casting. The earth is her way of grounding and she uses earth in ninety-nine percent of her practice. Air is important in giving life and providing oxygen for all things to live and grow. Air is…

Human beings in the past hunted and gathered for subsistence. This culture, also known as the “foraging culture” included strategies like hunting, trapping, fishing, and gathering, in order to obtain supplies. These behaviours placed demands on the body that are similar to vigorous exercises and were practiced by all humans, until 12,000 to 11,000 years ago, “when agriculture and animal domestication emerged in southwest Asia and in Mesoamerica”. Innovations such as agriculture and animal…

boosting one’s mood. New studies are showing that exercise also has positive impacts on the nervous system. Research has shown that exercise aids in maintaining blood flow to the brain providing it with a rich supply of oxygen and glucose causing angiogenesis to occur, the formation of new blood vessels. These new blood vessels then influence neurogenesis which is the process by which neurons are made. As we grow older,…

Many athletic trainers use a modality called therapeutic ultrasound to help with the healing process of various kinds of injuries. Athletic trainers use ultrasound on a specific injury called patellar tendinopathy. Patellar tendinopathy is also referred to as “jumper’s knee” or patellar tendinitis. Patellar tendinopathy is a degenerative injury that could be caused by overuse. Athletes who have this injury usually have pain on the inferior pole of the patella. This condition usually develops…

Starting from the old days, health has always played an important role in people’s life. In fact, most of the humanity tried to do anything possible to stay healthy. But, sometimes a small accident changes everything in which individuals have tried to do anything possible to fix it. One of the helpful sources to fix that is stem cell research. Stem cell research is a prospect in which scientists’ research on stem cell and their use as medicine. Stem cell research offers a new prospect in the…

2015; Zhong, et al., 2016). Cancer promotes tumor development and metastasis (Ahmed, et al., 2013; Zhu, et al., 2016). Tumors are characterized by six essential alterations in cell physiology. These are self-sufficiency in growth signals, continued angiogenesis, insensitivity to growth inhibition signals, dodging of apoptosis, boundless replicative potential, and tissue invasion and metastasis (Zhou, et al., 2016; Zhu, et al., 2016). These are common in most tumors and the latter two are the…

neutrophils. This will lead to the release of growth factors, chemotactic factors and vasoactive factors. The vascular permeability is increased, inflammatory cells are recruited and a tendon granuloma is produced (Barfod). In the proliferative phase, angiogenesis allows for vascular and neuronal in- close space growth in the granuloma. The fibroblasts produce collagen, mainly type 3, and the mechanical strength of the granuloma gradually increases. After ten to fourteen days, a tendon callus…

Planarian Regeneration Mechanism Subject to Different Cut-Types Introduction: Planarian are flatworms which are common in aqueous regions all across the world. They are often used as models in the study of biomedical and biotech sciences, due to their ability to regenerate. Planarian have such advanced regenerative properties that over 1/279th of the animal can completely regenerate (Handberg et al., 2007). They have powerful regenerative capabilities because they have an abundance of…

Effect of Platelet Rich Plasma in acne scars: comparison with pretreatment condition Nadia Zakir (MD), Tarang Goyal, MD, Dr Zakir is from Muzaffarnagar medical college, Muzaffarnagar. Dr Goyal is from Muzaffarnagar medical college, Muzaffarnagar. Department of Dermatology, Venereology & Leprology, Muzaffarnagar Medical College and Hospital, Muzaffarnagar (U.P), India The authors report no conflict of interest Correspondence: ABSTRACT: The objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of…

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a type of malignant brain tumor typically found in the cerebral hemispheres, but can be found anywhere in the brain or spinal cord. These tumors are highly malignant meaning a large number of cells reproduce at any given time. There are two main types: primary, or de novo meaning the tumors make themselves known quickly and are extremely aggressive, and secondary meaning the tumors have a slower growth history but are equally aggressive . Secondary tumors are…