It is already known that zebrafish can flexibly regenerate their hearts after injury. An international research group led by Prof. Nadia Mercader of the University of Bern now shows that certain heart muscle cells play a ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 24, 2019
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Agitoxin-2 (AgTx2) from scorpion venom is a potent blocker of K+ channels. Researchers have now observed the binding dynamics of AgTx2 to the KcsA channel using high-speed atomic force microscopy. Single-molecule kinetic ...
Biochemistry
Jul 3, 2019
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They are the scavengers of the deep and the dead.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 27, 2019
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NUST MISIS scientists have developed a new type of membrane test strip for a quantitative immunochromatographic rapid test for early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction via disease markers in blood, as well as to identify ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jan 30, 2018
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Heart disease and heart-related illnesses are a leading cause of death around the world, but treatment options are limited. Now, one group reports in ACS Nano that encapsulating stem cells in a nanogel could help repair damage ...
Bio & Medicine
Sep 20, 2017
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In aging societies, atherosclerosis (AS) and its major vascular complications, myocardial infarction and stroke, comprise a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Additionally, childhood obesity is an increasing phenomenon ...
Bio & Medicine
Dec 8, 2015
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NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering professors have been collaborating with researchers from Peking University on a new test strip that is demonstrating great potential for the early detection of certain heart attacks.
Bio & Medicine
Jan 15, 2015
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Researchers at University of Copenhagen have studied access conditions at brain cell level. A new study explodes existing paradigm that huge channels uncritically perforate cell membranes.
Biochemistry
Oct 6, 2014
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A team of scientists at Karolinska Institutet and Harvard University has taken a major step towards treatment for heart attack, by instructing the injured heart in mice to heal by expressing a factor that triggers cardiovascular ...
Biotechnology
Sep 8, 2013
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Optimal stem cell therapy delivery to damaged areas of the heart after myocardial infarction has been hampered by inefficient homing of cells to the damaged site. However, using rat models, researchers in France have used ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 26, 2012
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