News tagged with cardiac fibroblasts
Process for expansion and division of heart cells identified
Researchers at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD) and the University of California, San Francisco have unraveled a complex signaling process that reveals how different types of cells interact to create ...
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Feb 17, 2009 |
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Mimicking biological complexity, in a tiny particle
Tiny particles made of polymers hold great promise for targeted delivery of drugs and as structural scaffolds for building artificial tissues. However, current production methods for such microparticles yield ...
Aug 16, 2011 |
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A cardiac use for stem cells
It's one of the most vexing problems in medical science: How can you mend a broken heart?
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 21, 2011 |
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A 'stitch in time' could help damaged hearts
A research team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has demonstrated the feasibility of a novel technology that a surgeon could use to deliver stem cells to targeted areas of the body to repair diseased ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 09, 2010 |
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Stem cell patch may result in improved function following heart attack
University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers have found that applying a stem cell-infused patch together with overexpression of a specific cell instruction molecule promoted cell migration to damaged cardiac tissue following ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 15, 2010 |
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Enlarged hearts in women shrink faster than those in men after aortic valve replacement
Heart enlargement caused by narrowed aortic valves regresses faster in elderly women than in men after aortic valve replacement, according to research reported in a surgical supplement of Circulation: Journal of the American He ...
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Sep 13, 2010 |
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Scientists discover new method for regenerating heart muscle by direct reprogramming
Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD) have found a new way to make beating heart cells from the body's own cells that could help regenerate damaged hearts. Over 5 million Americans suffer ...
Aug 05, 2010 |
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Virus-free technique enables scientists to easily make stem cells pluripotent
Tiny circles of DNA are the key to a new and easier way to transform stem cells from human fat into induced pluripotent stem cells for use in regenerative medicine, say scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine. ...
Feb 07, 2010 |
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Carvedilol shown to have unique characteristics among beta blockers
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.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 20, 2009 |
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New strategy for mending broken hearts?
(PhysOrg.com) -- By mimicking the way embryonic stem cells develop into heart muscle in a lab, Duke University bioengineers believe they have taken an important first step toward growing a living "heart patch" ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 11, 2009 |
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'Liposuction leftovers' easily converted to IPS cells, study shows
Globs of human fat removed during liposuction conceal versatile cells that are more quickly and easily coaxed to become induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells, than are the skin cells most often used by researchers, ...
Sep 07, 2009 |
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