Cardiology
Discovery could lead to new heart disease treatments
By tracking a single cell in a growing heart, scientists from Stanford University have discovered a cell type that could repair damaged arteries.
Oct 19, 2015
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News tagged with smooth muscle cells
Medical research
Stem cell scientists clear another hurdle in creating transplant arteries
Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of death worldwide, and treating it isn't easy. The disease wreaks havoc on patients' blood vessels and can require complex bypass surgery.
May 9, 2019
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Medical research
Research findings breathe new life into lung disease
It turns out the muscle cells on the outside of blood vessels have been wrongly accused for instigating lung disease. New research shows that while these muscle cells are responsible for constricting or dilating the blood ...
Oct 24, 2012
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Health
A need for bananas? Dietary potassium regulates calcification of arteries
Bananas and avocados—foods that are rich in potassium—may help protect against pathogenic vascular calcification, also known as hardening of the arteries.
Oct 5, 2017
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Cardiology
Using stem cells to regenerate the heart
Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the world. One reason is that unlike other tissues, such as bone and skin, the heart has remarkably poor regenerative capability after an injury such as a heart attack. ...
Feb 10, 2022
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Inflammatory disorders
Studies identify differences underlying the airway responses of patients with asthma
More than 300 million people worldwide are affected by asthma, 25 million in the U.S. alone, and for most of them, allergy is an underlying cause. But why do some individuals allergic to airborne allergens develop asthma ...
Oct 5, 2016
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Medical research
Stopping plaque formation in arteries using amphiphilic nanoparticles
Heart disease is one of the leading causes of death among Americans. Hardening of the arteries, or atherosclerosis, is one form of heart disease, but can also occur in other arteries within the body. Standard therapy for ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Study says Alzheimer's plaques can also affect the brain's blood vessels
Amyloid beta, the plaque that accumulates in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease, may also contribute to Alzheimer's by interfering with normal blood flow in the brain, according to investigators at the University ...
Dec 8, 2015
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Cardiology
New target identified to develop treatment for abdominal aortic aneurysm
An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a bulging of the aorta, the body's main blood vessel, which runs from the heart down through the chest and stomach. Prevalence of AAA in the population is high, up to nearly 13% depending ...
Apr 1, 2021
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Genetics
New heart disease risk genes point to flaws in blood vessel walls
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a leading cause of death worldwide. Despite dozens of regions in the genome associated with CAD, most of the genetic components of heart disease are not fully understood, suggesting that more ...
May 22, 2017
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