Cardiology
Challenges of custom-engineering living tissue to fix a heart
Jianyi "Jay" Zhang, M.D., Ph.D., brought his biomedical engineering expertise to the University of Alabama at Birmingham to fix hearts.
Jun 8, 2016
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News tagged with smooth muscle
Genetics
Gene helps prevent heart attack, stroke—and may offer way to block effects of aging
A gene that scientific dogma insists is inactive in adults actually plays a vital role in preventing the underlying cause of most heart attacks and strokes, researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have ...
May 17, 2016
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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
Periodontitis and heart disease: Researchers connect the molecular dots
Periodontitis is a risk factor for heart disease. Now a team of researchers has shown that a periodontal pathogen causes changes in gene expression that boost inflammation and atherosclerosis in aortic smooth muscle cells. ...
Sep 11, 2015
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Medical research
Anti-aging tricks from dietary supplement seen in mice
In human cells, shortened telomeres, the protective caps at the ends of chromosomes, are both a sign of aging and contribute to it. Scientists at Emory University School of Medicine have found that the dietary supplement ...
Aug 21, 2015
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Medical research
Study provides hope for some human stem cell therapies
An international team of scientists headed by biologists at UC San Diego has discovered that an important class of stem cells known as human "induced pluripotent stem cells," or iPSCs, which are derived from an individual's ...
Aug 20, 2015
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Medical research
Human stem cell model reveals molecular cues critical to neurovascular unit formation
Crucial bodily functions we depend on but don't consciously think about—things like heart rate, blood flow, breathing and digestion—are regulated by the neurovascular unit. The neurovascular unit is made up of blood vessels ...
May 22, 2015
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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 ...
Medical research
Racing the clock to help young patients with old hearts
Children with progeria, a rare disorder that causes premature aging, die in their teens of ailments that are common in octogenarians: heart failure and stroke. Kan Cao, a University of Maryland assistant professor of cell ...
May 19, 2014
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Cardiology
Protein called YAP gives blood vessels strength, shape
A protein known to promote cancer appears to give the blood vessels strength and shape, researchers report. When yes-associated protein, or YAP, is deleted from vascular smooth muscle cells during development, the protein ...
Mar 24, 2014
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