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Inhibition of GRK2 is protective against acute cardiac stress injuries
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Inhibition of a protein known to contribute to heart failure also appears to be protective of the heart in more acute cardiac stress injury, namely ischemia reperfusion, according to two studies conducted at the Center for ...
Cell transplantation and cardiac repair
Jul 01, 2009 |
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The frontiers of cell transplantation for cardiac repair are discussed in the current issue of Cell Transplantation (Vol. 18 No.3), now available on-line.
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UB gets federal grant for stem cell study
Jun 13, 2006 |
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A stem cell biologist at the University at Buffalo has received a $1.98 million federal research grant.
Scientists show function of helical band in heart
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have created images of the heart's muscular layer that show, for the first time, the connection between the configuration of those muscles and the way the human ...
Adult bone marrow stem cells injected into skeletal muscle can repair heart tissue
May 28, 2009 |
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University at Buffalo researchers have demonstrated for the first time that injecting adult bone marrow stem cells into skeletal muscle can repair cardiac tissue, reversing heart failure.
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 ...
New strategies for reperfusion therapy
Aug 31, 2009 |
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PCI is the preferred strategy in acute myocardial infarction when performed by an experienced team as soon as possible after first medical contact.Time is essential: for P-PCI there is an 8 percent excess annual mortality ...
Plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1 -- a potential link between heart failure and diabetes
Feb 24, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of Vermont Cardiovascular Research Institute, Colchester, Vermont have found that increased expression in the heart of plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1 (PAI-1) is profibrotic. The results, ...
Power of molecular imaging reveals secrets of the heart
Apr 09, 2008 |
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The extraordinary action of a new cellular therapy came to light as a result of powerful PET and SPECT imaging in a recent study reported in the April issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Researchers in Germany were a ...
Sensor Detects Onset of Acute Myocardial Ischemia
Apr 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have fabricated and tested a unique biosensor that measures concentrations of potassium and hydrogen ions in the human heart with high specificity. The ...
Mending broken hearts with tissue engineering
Nov 02, 2008 |
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Broken hearts could one day be mended using a novel scaffold developed by MIT researchers and colleagues.
Embryonic Heart Cells Thrive Only in an Environment That's Just Right
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Jan 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cellular engineers at the University of Pennsylvania have determined that cardiomyocytes, the specialized cells that form the heart muscle, thrive when cultured in an environment that mimics their own elastic ...
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