News tagged with heart muscle cells

Related topics: heart failure , heart , stem cells , heart cells , heart function




Inhibiting CaMKII enzyme activity could lead to new therapies for heart disease

University of Iowa researchers have previously shown that an enzyme called CaM kinase II plays a pivotal role in the death of heart cells following a heart attack or other conditions that damage or stress heart muscle. Loss ...

Cardiology created Oct 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Loss of protective heart failure protein linked to critical limb ischemia

Restoring diminished levels of a protein shown to prevent and reverse heart failure damage could also have therapeutic applications for patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI), suggests a new preclinical study published ...

Medical research created Oct 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Dynamics of DNA packaging helps regulate formation of heart

A new regulator for heart formation has been discovered by studying how embryonic stem cells adjust the packaging of their DNA. This approach to finding genetic regulators, the scientists say, may have the ...

Medical research created Sep 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers prevent heart failure in mice

(Medical Xpress)—Cardiac stress, for example a heart attack or high blood pressure, frequently leads to pathological heart growth and subsequently to heart failure. Two tiny RNA molecules play a key role ...

Cardiology created Sep 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Fluorescent protein helps scientists with heart, stem cell research

(Medical Xpress)—A fluorescent protein from a deep-sea jellyfish has helped scientists isolate heart cells in the laboratory, creating an invaluable aid to work on heart disease treatments and extraordinary ...

Medical research created Sep 24, 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

Triclosan -- chemical widely used in antibacterial hand soaps -- may impair muscle function: study

Triclosan, an antibacterial chemical widely used in hand soaps and other personal-care products, hinders muscle contractions at a cellular level, slows swimming in fish and reduces muscular strength in mice, according to ...

Medical research created Aug 13, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Heart muscle cell grafts suppress arrhythmias after heart attacks in animal study

Researchers have made a major advance in efforts to regenerate damaged hearts.

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

Embryonic blood vessels that make blood stem cells can also make beating heart muscles

UCLA stem cell researchers have found for the first time a surprising and unexpected plasticity in the embryonic endothelium, the place where blood stem cells are made in early development.

Medical research created Aug 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New drug shows promise for long QT syndrome

(Medical Xpress) -- Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered a new drug that may be useful in treating a heart rhythm condition called long QT syndrome. The study was published online on June 28 in the Early ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Fine tuning cardiac ablation could lead to quicker results for patients with arrhythmias

University of Michigan heart researchers are shedding light on a safer method for steadying an abnormal heart rhythm that prevents collateral damage to healthy cells.

Cardiology created Jul 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Yale researchers enroll first patient in study of heart-preserving molecule

(Medical Xpress) -- A 69-year-old man became the first patient enrolled and treated in an ongoing study at Yale School of Medicine of BB3, a molecule that promises to preserve heart muscle, promote healing ...

Cardiology created Jul 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study may explain how exercise improves heart function in diabetics

A detailed study of heart muscle function in mice has uncovered evidence to explain why exercise is beneficial for heart function in type 2 diabetes. The research team, led by scientists at the Johns Hopkins University School ...

Diabetes created Jul 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists first to see trafficking of immune cells in beating heart

Blood flow to the heart often is interrupted during a heart attack or cardiac surgery. But when blood flow resumes, the heart may still falter. That's because collateral damage can occur as blood re-enters ...

Medical research created Jul 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Master molecule' may improve stem cell treatment of heart attacks

Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered that a single protein molecule may hold the key to turning cardiac stem cells into blood vessels or muscle tissue, a finding that may lead to better ways to treat heart attack patients.

Cardiology created Jun 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast