News tagged with heart tissue

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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

Study: Heart repairs very early in life, but not as adults

(Medical Xpress) -- In a two-day-old mouse, a heart attack causes active stem cells to grow new heart cells; a few months later, the heart is mostly repaired. But in an adult mouse, recovery from such an attack ...

Cardiology created Jul 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | 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

Aging heart cells rejuvenated by modified stem cells

Damaged and aged heart tissue of older heart failure patients was rejuvenated by stem cells modified by scientists, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Basic Cardiovascular Sciences 2012 Scientific ...

Cardiology created Jul 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

First study of heart 'maps' for kids could help correct rapid rhythms

The first study of a procedure to make three-dimensional "maps" of electrical signals in children's hearts could help cardiologists correct rapid heart rhythms in young patients, according to new research presented at the ...

Cardiology created Jul 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists to study role-switching cells in heart failure

The National Institutes of Health has awarded more than $2 million to a team of scientists from Washington University in St. Louis and InvivoSciences, a biotechnology startup with WUSTL roots, to construct artificial tissue ...

Cardiology created Jul 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Differences between human twins at birth highlight importance of intrauterine environment

Your genes determine much about you, but environment can have a strong influence on your genes even before birth, with consequences that can last a lifetime. In a study published online in Genome Research, researchers have f ...

Genetics created Jul 15, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Taking tissue regeneration beyond the state-of-the-art

The University of Nottingham has begun the search for a new class of injectable materials that will stimulate stem cells to regenerate damaged tissue in degenerative and age related disorders of the bone, muscle and heart.

Medical research created Jul 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study looks at why heart attacks cause so much more damage in late pregnancy

Heart attacks during pregnancy are uncommon, but the prevalence of heart disease in pregnant mothers has increased over the past decade as more women delay pregnancy until they are older. These women, who ...

Cardiology created Jul 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

In real time, scientists watch stem cells at work regenerating tissue

(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists have for the first time watched and manipulated stem cells as they regenerate tissue in an uninjured mammal, Yale researchers report July 1 online in the journal Nature.

Medical research created Jul 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Immune response to heart attack worsens atherosclerosis, increases future risk

A heart attack doesn't just damage heart muscle tissue by cutting off its blood supply, it also sets off an inflammatory cascade that worsens underlying atherosclerosis, actively increasing the risk for a future heart attack. ...

Cardiology created Jun 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | 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

Molecular imaging 'sees' inside coronary arteries to measure disease

Patients with cardiovascular disease will now benefit from a powerful new molecular imaging tool to detect disease in the main arteries supplying oxygen to the heart, say researchers presenting studies at the Society of Nuclear ...

Cardiology created Jun 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Estrogen and cardiovascular risk in menopausal women

Women are less prone to cardiovascular disease then men; but this difference between the sexes becomes less marked after the menopause. This observation is behind a great deal of received wisdom, where oestrogen is assumed ...

Cardiology created Jun 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Newly identified protein function protects cells during injury

Scientists have discovered a new function for a protein that protects cells during injury and could eventually translate into treatment for conditions ranging from cardiovascular disease to Alzheimer's.

Medical research created Jun 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast