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How the fly flies: Scientists discover gene switch responsible for flight muscle formation

Flies are real flight artists, although they only have small wings compared to their body size. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried near Munich, Germany, recently identified ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

PARTNER shows similar 1-year survival for catheter-based AVR and open AVR in high-risk patients

Less invasive catheter-based aortic valve replacement and open valve-replacement surgery have a similar one-year survival for patients at high risk for surgery.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Brain tumor treatment successful in healing rare heart condition

Serendipity may have saved 32-year-old Jamie Arliss’ life. A rare tumor discovered in her heart had stumped cardiologists at the University of Rochester Medical Center. They wanted to remove the mass, but traditional ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Genome-wide hunt reveals links to abnormal rhythms behind sudden death, heart damage

A study among almost 50,000 people worldwide has identified DNA sequence variations linked with the heart's electrical rhythm in several surprising regions among 22 locations across the human genome. The variants were found ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 20, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Hepling the heart with math

The science of cardiovascular mathematics dates at least to the 1700s, when the pioneering Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler developed a model for fluid dynamics while studying blood flow in arteries.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 15, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Daily hemodialysis helps protect kidney patients' hearts

Frequent hemodialysis improved left ventricular mass (heart size) and self-reported physical health compared to conventional hemodialysis for kidney failure, according to the Frequent Hemodialysis Network (FHN) Daily Trial ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Nov 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New heart failure pump works well in those awaiting transplants

An experimental pump implanted to assist the heart in patients with advanced heart failure waiting for a heart transplant works as well as approved devices, according to late-breaking clinical trial results presented at the ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 17, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stem cell secreted protein can be given to reduce scarring and improve heart function

(PhysOrg.com) -- Heart tissue and stem cells spring into action to begin repairing muscle damaged in a heart attack, and researchers at Duke University School of Medicine found that a protein naturally produced in the body ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 17, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Treating heart attack with fat-derived stem cells may be safe in humans

Fat cells — liposuctioned from a patient's belly — can safely boost heart function after a heart attack, according to a first-of-its-kind study presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2010.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 16, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New drug shrinks brain tumors, reduces seizures in children with tuberous sclerosis

A drug used to treat advanced kidney cancer has now been shown to reduce a particular kind of brain tumor by at least 30 percent in patients with tuberous sclerosis—a genetic disease that causes tumors ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 05, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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