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Organ transplants can save lives, but unfortunately organs don’t last long in storage. Now scientists have demonstrated that an existing drug can reprogram donor hearts to last much longer outside the body, and reduce their risk of failure after transp… Continue reading Drug reprograms donor hearts for longer storage and safer transplants
After someone has suffered a heart attack, their body replaces the damaged heart muscle tissue with non-beating scar tissue, compromising the heart’s function. A new injectable biomaterial, however, may help the heart heal better.Continue ReadingCatego… Continue reading Biomaterial could travel through the bloodstream to heal damaged hearts
When someone suffers a heart attack, their heart is left permanently scarred and thus less capable of pumping blood. According to a new study, however, a protein injection could help undo such damage.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: Univ… Continue reading Protein injection gets heart scar tissue working again
For half a century cholesterol has been divided into good and bad categories. Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) is considered the “bad” cholesterol as it’s responsible for blocking arteries and causing stroke or heart attacks, while high-density lipoprotei… Continue reading NIH study casts doubts on heart benefits of “good” cholesterol
New research from Cedars-Sinai has found over the course of the pandemic heart attack deaths have spiked alongside COVID-19 infection waves. The findings cannot causally link the increases in heart attacks to COVID, however, the research is far from th… Continue reading COVID-19 infection waves linked to spikes in heart attack deaths
A large international clinical trial has found combining three common heart disease drugs into the one pill is significantly more effective at preventing cardiovascular events and death compared to administering each of the medicines separately.Continu… Continue reading Trial finds combining 3 drugs into 1 pill cuts heart disease deaths
Scientists have demonstrated a new system that can restore crucial molecular and cellular functions in pigs one hour after death. Experiments showed that some tissue damage from loss of oxygen can be reversed, which could widen the organ transplantatio… Continue reading Scientists restore vital cellular functions to pigs one hour after death
Researchers at the University of Houston have demonstrated a new technique for helping heart cells regenerate after a heart attack, using mRNA to return the cells to a stem-cell-like state. Tests in mice showed drastic improvements to heart function a … Continue reading mRNA treatment repairs mouse hearts to “near normal” after heart attack
A robust new study led by researchers from Stanford University has found a strong association between increased risk of heart attack and regular marijuana use. The study indicates THC can trigger inflammation in blood vessel cells and the researchers c… Continue reading Stanford study links marijuana use to increased heart attack risk
Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine have discovered a new potential way to prevent arteries clogging, and as such reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes. The technique involves ramping up a cleaning process that naturally slows… Continue reading Supercharged cellular cleaning process prevents clogged arteries in mice