News tagged with adult heart
New study makes key finding in stem cell self-renewal
A University of Minnesota-led research team has proposed a mechanism for the control of whether embryonic stem cells continue to proliferate and stay stem cells, or differentiate into adult cells like brain, liver or skin.
Feb 06, 2012 |
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Vatican, biotech firm host adult stem cell meeting
(AP) -- The Vatican has entered into an unusual partnership with a small U.S. biotech company to promote using adult stem cells for treating disease, rather than focusing research on embryonic stem cells.
Nov 09, 2011 |
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Diabetes becomes a disease of the young
Some people say aiming to look sleek in your swimsuit or wedding duds is the biggest motivator for losing weight. But Mike Durbin's incentive for dropping pounds beats all.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 27, 2011 |
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Teen bond overcomes girl's heart transplant fear
(AP) -- Courtney Montgomery's heart was failing fast, but the 16-year-old furiously refused when her doctors, and her mother, urged a transplant.
May 23, 2011 |
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ACC/AHA issue first clinical guidance for controlling high blood pressure in the elderly
Hypertension is very common among older adults. 64 percent of older men and 78 percent of older women have high blood pressure, placing them at heightened risk for heart disease including heart failure, stroke, coronary artery ...
Apr 25, 2011 |
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Americans have higher rates of most chronic diseases than same-age counterparts in England
Researchers announced today in the American Journal of Epidemiology that despite the high level of spending on healthcare in the United States compared to England, Americans experience higher rates of chronic disease and ma ...
Mar 09, 2011 |
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Older patients concerned about adverse effects of beneficial medications for CVD prevention
Older patients are willing to take medications for cardiovascular disease prevention, but only if the drug has much more benefit than risk, according to a report published online first by the Archives of Internal Medicine. The pa ...
Feb 28, 2011 |
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Human stem cells from fat tissue fuse with rat heart cells and beat
If Dr. Doolittle is famous for talking to animals, then here's a story that might make him hold his tongue: According to new research published online in The FASEB Journal, scientists have successfully fused human stem c ...
Feb 28, 2011 |
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Engineered cells could usher in programmable cell therapies
In work that could jumpstart the promising field of cell therapy, in which cells are transplanted into the body to treat a variety of diseases and tissue defects, researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have engineered ...
Feb 02, 2011 |
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Post-heart attack, patients with lower kidney function not taking prescribed meds
Among older adults with a recent heart attack (myocardial infarction), those with lower levels of kidney function are less likely to take their medications as prescribed, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue ...
Jan 13, 2011 |
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Biomarker may be able to help predict risk of heart failure, cardiovascular death
Certain measures of the blood biomarker cardiac troponin T (cTnT), a cardiac-specific protein, using a highly sensitive test, are associated with the development of heart failure or cardiovascular death in older adults, according ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 15, 2010 |
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First US trial of bone-marrow stem cells for heart attack patients proves safe
The first randomized, placebo-controlled U.S. clinical trial to assess the use of bone marrow-derived mononuclear cells (BMC) in patients after a ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI; severe heart attack) demonstrated ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 14, 2010 |
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Mayo's 'smart' adult stem cells repair hearts
Mayo Clinic investigators, with Belgian collaborators, have demonstrated that rationally "guided" human adult stem cells can effectively heal, repair and regenerate damaged heart tissue. The findings -- called "landmark work" ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 17, 2010 |
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Vitamin D deficiency increases the risk of cognitive decline in the elderly
A research team from the Peninsula Medical School, University of Exeter, has established the first clear link between vitamin D deficiency and the development of cognitive problems that are a key feature of dementia.
Jul 12, 2010 |
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Can aspirin prolong a healthy life?
In an effort to extend the length of a disability-free life for older adults, researchers from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center are partnering with colleagues from across the US and Australia in the largest international ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 07, 2010 |
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