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Scientists convert skin cells to beating heart cells

Scripps Research Institute scientists have converted adult skin cells directly into beating heart cells efficiently without having to first go through the laborious process of generating embryonic-like stem cells. The powerful ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 31, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (20) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Scientists unlock the 'gates' on sudden cardiac death (w/ Video)

Australian researchers have come one step closer to understanding how the rhythm of the heartbeat is controlled and why many common drugs, including some antibiotics, antihistamines and anti-psychotics, can cause a potentially ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 28, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Scientists eavesdrop on the exciting conversations within cells

Scientists have discovered the secrets of a sophisticated molecule that plays a role in many aspects of human health from fertility to blood pressure; digestion to mental health. This has opened up the potential for discovery ...

Biology /

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

New sensation: Phones that let you feel the world

(AP) -- Sure, today's phones can deliver the sound of a heartbeat. But how would you like to actually feel the throbbing?

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Protein identified that helps heart muscle contract

UCSF researchers have discovered that a protein called B1N1 is necessary for the heart to contract. The findings, published in the Feb. 16 issue of the open access journal PLoS Biology, shed light not only on what makes ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 16, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Targeting flight-or-fight hormone response to combat heart failure

We've all experienced the strong heartbeat that accompanies emotions such as fear and rage. But can the body's natural response to these emotions be used to combat heart failure? Results of a study published online today ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jun 24, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

How do you mend a broken heart?

Damaged heart tissue is not known for having much inherent capacity for repair. But now, scientists are closing in on signals that may be able to coax the heart into producing replacement cardiac muscle cells. Using a zebrafish ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Gene identified for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy

A mutation in a brain protein gene may trigger irregular heart beat and sudden death in people with epilepsy, according to new research in the April 14 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. People with epilep ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Apr 13, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The embryonic heart: Imaging life as it happens

Imagine being able to image life as it happens by capturing video of the embryonic heart before it begins beating. A professor at the University of Houston, in collaboration with scientists at Baylor College ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 01, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0