Word: ulcerization
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Doctors Discover Key Growth Factor in Ulcer Therapy...
...Ulcer repair research at Harvard Medical School has revealed an important growth factor which may improve current therapies for the condition...
...Judah Folkman, Andrus professor of pediatric surgery and a professor of anatomy and cellular biology at the Medical School, a team of doctors discovered that basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) is present in the normal lining of the intestines and in ulcerated tissue. The team also found evidence that the growth factor may be critical in duodenal ulcer repair...
Fewkes, a skin oncologist, utilizes the technique in skin cancer and leg ulcer surgery. Removal of skin cancers often creates large holes in the epidermis, or outermost layer of skin, which must be filled in, she says. The treatment of leg ulcers, large skin wounds which do not heal, is based on skin replacement...
...catheter ($30), urinalysis ($22), a steroid injection and lab work to check organ function ($71); anesthesia ($345); an IV attached to a leg ($110); a biopsy ($45); upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy for fiber-optic images of his stomach, small intestine and colon ($75); antibiotics and Tagamet for the ulcer ($25); plus five days of hospitalization...