Genetics
How pathogenic gene variants lead to heart failure
Cardiomyopathy is not a uniform disease. Rather, individual genetic defects lead to heart failure in different ways, an international consortium reports in Science.
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Cardiology
Study finds two protein pathways downregulated in postnatal heart
In work published today in Stem Cell Reports, researchers from the University of Minnesota Medical School discovered two signaling pathways that are downregulated in human hearts after birth. These pathways, mitogen-activated ...
Aug 4, 2022
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Genetics
Genes involved in heart disease are similar across all populations, study finds
The genes involved in coronary heart disease, the most common form of heart disease, appear to be nearly the same for everyone, according to a VA study.
Aug 3, 2022
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Medical research
Creating an 'adult-like' mature human cardiac tissue
Researchers in the Biomedical Engineering Department at UConn have developed a new cardiac cell-derived platform that closely mimics the human heart, unlocking potential for more thorough preclinical drug development and ...
Jul 28, 2022
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Health
Double up on the guac? Those avocados are good for your heart health
Adding avocados to a healthy diet could reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease, including lowering your cholesterol, according to research published by the American Heart Association. That's especially good news because ...
Jul 27, 2022
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Cardiology
Reverse engineering heart: Researchers create bioartificial left ventricle
University of Toronto researchers in the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering have grown a small-scale model of a human left heart ventricle in the lab. The bioartificial tissue construct is made with living heart cells ...
Jul 16, 2022
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Medical research
Pig organ transplants inch closer with testing in the dead
New York researchers transplanted pig hearts into two brain-dead people over the last month, the latest in a string of developments in the long quest to one day save human lives with animal organs.
Jul 12, 2022
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Cardiology
Reviewing preclinical models of diabetic heart failure in pursuit of new treatments
A team of leading drug researchers have published a high impact review that sets out to provide guidance on how pre-clinical studies of diabetic heart failure should be designed to most closely mimic the human disease.
Jul 5, 2022
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Medical research
New study allows researchers to more efficiently form human heart cells from stem cells
Lab-grown human heart cells provide a powerful tool to understand and potentially treat heart disease. However, the methods to produce human heart cells from pluripotent stem cells are not optimal. Fortunately, a new study ...
Jul 5, 2022
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Health
Pollutants in soil can harm your heart
While it's more widely known that polluted air can harm human health, another danger may be lurking at your feet.
Jul 4, 2022
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