Medical research
Damaged lungs regenerated in study
A new technique to rehabilitate lungs that are too damaged to be considered for transplant could benefit an increasing population of patients with end-stage lung disease.
May 7, 2019
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News tagged with cardiac diseases
Medical research
Progress made in transplanting pig hearts into baboons
A large team of researchers from several institutions in Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and the U.S. has transplanted pig hearts into baboons and kept them alive for an extended period of time. In their paper published in the ...
Cardiology
A bioelectronic mesh capable of growing with cardiac tissues for comprehensive heart monitoring
A team of engineers led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst and including colleagues from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recently announced in Nature Communications that they had successfully built ...
Mar 21, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Scientists discover first therapeutic target for preserving heart function in patients with pulmonary hypertension
A research team has discovered a possible therapeutic target for pulmonary hypertension. The study, published in the journal Science Advances, identifies the first therapeutic target that can be modulated to preserve cardiac ...
Jan 19, 2024
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Cardiology
A mathematical model of the heart to revolutionize cardiac research
The iHEART simulator is a mathematical and computational model of the human heart entirely developed at Politecnico di Milano and designed for studying coronary artery disease. This is the focus of research published in Scientific ...
Sep 18, 2023
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Cardiology
AI finds a way to people's hearts: New model classifies cardiac functions and pinpoints valvular heart disease
AI (artificial intelligence) may sound like a cold robotic system, but Osaka Metropolitan University scientists have shown that it can deliver heartwarming—or, more to the point, "heart-warning"—support. They unveiled ...
Jul 6, 2023
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Neuroscience
New model offers insights into how stress in neurons connects to cardiovascular disease
Oxidative stress—characterized by elevated levels of unstable molecules called reactive oxygen species—is associated with neurodegeneration and cardiovascular disease. However, until recently it has not been possible ...
Jun 14, 2023
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Medical economics
Study: Low-income people have heightened risk of death from heart attack in six health systems around the world
Despite vastly different health care systems, low-income patients across six different countries have mortality rates 10 to 20 percent greater than their high-income peers, according to a new study led by researchers from ...
Apr 4, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New home-based self-help psychological therapy can reduce anxiety and depression in people with heart disease
A study led by Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) and the University of Manchester (UoM) has found that a psychological therapy called metacognitive therapy (MCT) can reduce symptoms of depression, ...
Feb 6, 2023
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Genetics
Gene therapy corrects mutation responsible for common heart condition, research shows
Using the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system, UT Southwestern researchers corrected mutations responsible for a common inherited heart condition called dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in human cells and a mouse model of the disease. ...
Dec 21, 2022
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