Cardiology
Cholesterol study points to new drugs
(Medical Xpress)—Insight into how our bodies make cholesterol could lead to treatments with fewer side-effects than existing drugs.
Aug 27, 2012
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Genetics
Low oxygen levels may decrease life-saving protein in spinal muscular atrophy
Investigators at Nationwide Children's Hospital may have discovered a biological explanation for why low levels of oxygen advance spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) symptoms and why breathing treatments help SMA patients live ...
Aug 21, 2012
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Medical research
Reconnecting nerves to their target muscles
European researchers are working toward restoration of mobility in neuromuscular disease and trauma. Using miniature scaffolds to guide nerve regeneration, they are seeking to ensure proper functional connections between ...
Jul 31, 2012
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Medical research
Lab-engineered muscle implants restore function in animals
New research shows that exercise is a key step in building a muscle-like implant in the lab with the potential to repair muscle damage from injury or disease. In mice, these implants successfully prompt the regeneration and ...
Jul 16, 2012
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Medical research
Scientists first to see trafficking of immune cells in beating heart
Blood flow to the heart often is interrupted during a heart attack or cardiac surgery. But when blood flow resumes, the heart may still falter. That's because collateral damage can occur as blood re-enters the heart, potentially ...
Jul 11, 2012
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Surgery
Blood test predicts death from heart problems after surgery
(Medical Xpress) -- A blood test can predict whether patients are likely to die of a heart attack in the month after surgery, according to an international study involving thousands of patients.
Jul 4, 2012
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Medical research
Researchers review muscular dystrophy therapies
Leading muscular dystrophy researcher Dean Burkin, of the University of Nevada School of Medicine summarizes the impact of a new protein therapeutic, MG53, for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy in an article published ...
Jun 22, 2012
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Cardiology
Researchers find new cause of cardiac damage after heart attack in type 1 diabetes
After people with type 1 diabetes have a heart attack, their long-term chance of suffering even more heart damage skyrockets. But the reason has long puzzled scientists. Now researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center have identified ...
Jun 13, 2012
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Cardiology
Study: Heart damage after chemo linked to stress in cardiac cells
Blocking a protein in the heart that is produced under stressful conditions could be a strategy to prevent cardiac damage that results from chemotherapy, a new study suggests.
May 21, 2012
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Cardiology
Infusion of drug into the coronary artery may help reduce size of heart damage after heart attack
Administration of a bolus dose of the anticoagulant drug abciximab into the coronary artery involved in causing a certain type of heart attack among patients who were undergoing a percutaneous coronary intervention and also ...
Mar 25, 2012
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