News tagged with cardiac muscle
Carvedilol shown to have unique characteristics among beta blockers
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 20, 2009 |
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In a new study, researchers report that a class of heart medications called beta-blockers can have a helpful, or harmful, effect on the heart, depending on their molecular activity.
Scientists grow mice heart muscle strip that beats
Oct 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have grown a piece of heart muscle - and then watched it beat - by using stem cells from a mouse embryo, a big step toward one day repairing damage from heart attacks.
New genetic link between cardiac arrhythmias and thyroid dysfunction identified
Sep 20, 2009 |
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Genes previously known to be essential to the coordinated, rhythmic electrical activity of cardiac muscle -- a healthy heartbeat -- have now also been found to play a key role in thyroid hormone (TH) biosynthesis, according ...
Thinner thighs, weaker heart
Sep 03, 2009 |
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Men and women whose thighs are less than 60cm in circumference have a higher risk of premature death and heart disease, according to research published on BMJ.com today. The study also concluded that individuals whose thighs ...
Early heart attack therapy with bone marrow extract improves cardiac function
Jun 29, 2009 |
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A UCSF study for the treatment of heart failure after heart attack found that the extract derived from bone marrow cells is as effective as therapy using bone marrow stem cells for improving cardiac function, decreasing the ...
New therapy substitutes missing protein in those with muscular dystrophy
May 26, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of Minnesota Medical School have discovered a new therapy that shows potential to treat people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a fatal disease and the most common form of muscular dystrophy ...
Statins Can Stimulate Cardiac Muscle Cell Regeneration, Improve Heart Function
Feb 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Statins, used widely to treat elevated cholesterol, have been shown to prevent progression of coronary narrowing and to have other beneficial effects on the heart, such as reducing inflammation, that are ...
While focusing on heart disease, researchers discover new tactic against fatal muscular dystrophy
Feb 08, 2009 |
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Based on a striking similarity between heart disease and Duchenne muscular dystrophy, researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have discovered that a new class of experimental drugs for heart failure may also help ...
New stretchable electrodes created to study stresses on cardiac cells
Jan 22, 2009 |
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Engineers at Purdue and Stanford universities have created stretchable electrodes to study how cardiac muscle cells, neurons and other cells react to mechanical stresses from heart attacks, traumatic brain ...
Researchers examine developing hearts in chickens to find solutions for human heart abnormalities (Video)
Jan 21, 2009 |
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When it is head versus heart, the heart comes first. The heart is the first organ to develop and is critical in supplying blood to the rest of the body. Yet, little is known about the complex processes that regulate the heartbeat. ...
