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Distinct chromatin patterns linked to heart development

(HealthDay)—Distinct chromatin patterns accompany the development of heart cells from embryonic cells, providing a blueprint that could help identify the causes of congenital heart disease, according to ...

Medical research created Sep 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists map the genomic blueprint of the heart

Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have revealed the precise order and timing of hundreds of genetic "switches" required to construct a fully functional heart from embryonic heart cells—providing new ...

Medical research created Sep 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers find novel predictor for MDS progression risk

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues have discovered that changes in the physical characteristics of the effector memory regulatory T cell can predict the progression risk of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) ...

Immunology created Sep 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Neonatal heart stem cells may help mend kids' broken hearts

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, who are exploring novel ways to treat serious heart problems in children, have conducted the first direct comparison of the regenerative abilities of neonatal ...

Cardiology created Sep 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

More white blood cells in cardiac patients with depression

(Medical Xpress)—Cardiac patients suffering from depression are at greater risk for new cardiac events or cardiac death than patients without depression. It is still unclear which underlying mechanisms play a role in this ...

Cardiology created Sep 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study in mice discovers injection of heat-generating cells reduces belly fat

The injection of a tiny capsule containing heat-generating cells into the abdomens of mice led those animals to burn abdominal fat and initially lose about 20 percent of belly fat after 80 days of treatment.

Medical research created Sep 05, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Tumor suppressor genes vital to regulating blood precursor cells in fruit flies

UCLA stem cell scientists have shown that two common tumor suppressor genes, TSC and PTEN, are vital to regulating the stem cell-like precursor cells that create the blood supply in Drosophila, the common fruit fly.

Medical research created Sep 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research finds heart remodeling rapidly follows cardiac injury

Cardiac injury leads to significant structural changes in the heart, including enlargement, excess formation of fibrous growth tissue, and abnormalities of the coronary vasculature. While associated factors have been targeted ...

Cardiology created Sep 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New genetic risk factor for inflammation identified in African American women

African Americans have higher blood levels of a protein associated with increased heart-disease risk than European Americans, despite higher "good" HDL cholesterol and lower "bad" triglyceride levels. This contradictory observation ...

Genetics created Aug 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

How 'beige' fat makes the pounds melt away

Researchers from the University of Bonn and the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried have decoded a signal path that could boost the burning of body fat. Mice that are missing a signal switch called VASP are ...

Medical research created Aug 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Promising new drug target discovered for treatment and prevention of heart failure

A promising new drug target for the treatment and prevention of heart failure has been discovered by researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, NY, US. The study was presented at the ESC Congress 2012 by principal ...

Cardiology created Aug 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cholesterol study points to new drugs

(Medical Xpress)—Insight into how our bodies make cholesterol could lead to treatments with fewer side-effects than existing drugs.

Cardiology created Aug 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gene 'switch' may explain DiGeorge syndrome severity

The discovery of a 'switch' that modifies a gene known to be essential for normal heart development could explain variations in the severity of birth defects in children with DiGeorge syndrome.

Genetics created Aug 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers return blood cells to stem cell state

Johns Hopkins scientists have developed a reliable method to turn the clock back on blood cells, restoring them to a primitive stem cell state from which they can then develop into any other type of cell in the body.

Medical research created Aug 22, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (13) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Pioneering heart disease treatment

(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at King's College London have developed the first artificial functioning blood vessel outside of the body, made from reprogrammed stem cells from human skin. The team also ...

Cardiology created Aug 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast