Smoking-triggered heart attacks could be prevented—new research explains how
One of the most common types of heart attack could be prevented thanks to new research that explains the process behind them for the first time.
Feb 20, 2023
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Cardiovascular System: News and Research on Tunica Intima
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Achieving a better understanding of how the blood-brain barrier works
Up to now, the use of models to research the barrier that separates the circulatory from the nervous system has proven to be either limited or extremely complicated. Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a more realistic ...
Feb 17, 2023
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Vascular grafts: Technology success or technology failure?
Blood vessel replacements (vascular grafts) are used today for hemodialysis blood access, trauma repair and cardiovascular reconstruction. The first synthetic vascular grafts (blood vessel replacements) were developed just ...
Jan 30, 2023
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SGLT2 inhibitor found to reduce endothelial dysfunction associated with ALDH2 alcohol face flushing variant
A team of researchers at Stanford University working with two colleagues from Greenstone Biosciences has found that an SGLT2 inhibitor can reduce endothelial dysfunction commonly associated with the ALDH2 alcohol facial flushing ...
Anti-aging gene shown to rewind heart age by ten years
An anti-aging gene discovered in a population of centenarians has been shown to rewind the heart's biological age by 10 years. The breakthrough, published in Cardiovascular Research and led by scientists at the University ...
Jan 23, 2023
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Healthy blood flow is more important than you may know
When UC San Diego bioengineering professor emeritus Shu Chien reminds you that it's a good idea to get up, move, and get your blood flowing, he knows exactly what he is talking about. In fact, Chien has led research teams ...
Oct 28, 2022
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New research links dozens more genes with stroke, identifies potential drug targets
Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) are part of an international team that has discovered 61 additional genetic loci associated with stroke and six genes that ...
Oct 5, 2022
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Organ-on-a-chip study reveals mechanism of SARS-CoV-2 invasion into blood vessels
A research group led by CiRA Junior Associate Professor Kazuo Takayama and Associate Professor Yoshiaki Okada of Osaka University has revealed that SARS-CoV-2 disrupts the vascular endothelial barrier by suppressing the expression ...
Sep 28, 2022
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Controlling a gene that controls cells' ability to contract could provide treatment for retinal diseases
A University of Tübingen team has discovered how malformations of the blood vessels can occur in mice—yielding information with possible ramifications for retinal disease
Aug 18, 2022
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Potential long-term treatment for asthma found
A possible way to tackle one of the underlying causes of asthma has been developed by researchers from Aston University and Imperial College London. In tests in mice, the researchers were able to virtually eliminate asthmatic ...
Aug 9, 2022
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