Cardiology
Engineering a cardiac stem cell therapy inspired by the body itself
During a heart attack, known clinically as acute myocardial infarction (MI), cardiac muscle cells are severely damaged and eventually die.
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Researchers use light to control human heart cells and expedite development of new drugs
A team of researchers at the George Washington University has developed a faster method to predict whether potential new drugs will cause heart arrhythmias using optogenetics, a technique that uses light to control cells. ...
May 10, 2016
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Cardiology
What's behind the heartbreaking risk of anti-inflammatory drugs
Researchers have known for more than a decade that the risk of heart disease and stroke increases when people take pain relievers like ibuprofen and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs. Now, scientists ...
Apr 26, 2016
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Researchers identify enzyme link between excessive heart muscle growth, cancer growth
UT Southwestern Medical Center cardiology researchers have identified molecular ties between the growth of cancer cells and heart cells that suggest existing cancer drugs may be able to help those with enlarged heart cells—a ...
Apr 15, 2016
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Medical research
Recreating the web of blood vessels that keep human tissue alive
For years, one of the largest obstacles facing the field of regenerative medicine – the science of growing new human parts from scratch – was the need to create a circulatory system to support new tissues and organs as ...
Mar 18, 2016
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Cardiology
Nanotechnology could spur new heart treatment
A new nanoparticle developed by University of Michigan researchers could be the key to a targeted therapy for cardiac arrhythmia, a condition that causes the heart to beat erratically and can lead to heart attack and stroke.
Oct 29, 2015
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Medical research
Manipulating cell signaling for better muscle function in muscular dystrophy
Every heart beat and step in our daily lives is dependent on the integrity of muscles and the proteins that keep them strong and free of injury as they contract and relax.
Oct 28, 2015
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Cardiology
Delivering missing protein heals damaged hearts in animals, study finds
Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine and their colleagues have enabled damaged heart tissue in animals to regenerate by delivering a protein to it via a bioengineered collagen patch.
Sep 16, 2015
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Using proliferative properties of cancer cells to rejuvenate cardiac progenitor cells
In a way, trying to repair age-related heart damage and trying to fight cancer are opposite problems. Your heart cells' ability to regenerate themselves and proliferate into new, young cells degrades as you get older. They ...
Jul 29, 2015
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Cardiology
Researchers create model of early human heart development from stem cells
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, in collaboration with scientists at the Gladstone Institutes, have developed a template for growing beating cardiac tissue from stem cells, creating a system that could ...
Jul 14, 2015
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