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MicroRNAs could heal broken hearts
Researchers in Italy have found microRNAs (miRNAs), tiny fragments of genetic material, that regenerate tissue in mouse hearts.
Doctors overuse invasive heart test, study says
Doctors use a 50-year-old invasive heart imaging test known as a left ventriculography or left ventriculogram much too often, a Stanford University School of Medicine study concludes.
Gene discovered that regulates the timing of our tickers
A scientist with the Gladstone Institutes, a nonprofit biomedical research foundation affiliated with University of California, San Francisco, has discovered how a gene regulator controls a mechanism
Carbon nanotube patch could regenerate heart tissue after attack
Time again to consider the carbon nanotube, that seemingly magical material that has been put forth as an answer to everything from semiconductor interconnects to drug delivery devices to
Heart failure progression is in the PINK1 gene
Heart failure, the most-common cause of hospitalization in North American adults, might be turned on by simply flicking a switch--a "pink" one. It's actually a protein switch called PINK1, and it can
Cardiac gene names get a heart-y laugh
Nicholas Wade of The New York Times has a little fun with the names scientists give genes when they're discovered in lab animals. Hippo, Warts, Merlin, Yorkie, Scalloped, Shaggy, Frizzled,
Stem cells shrink enlarged hearts, rejuvenate scar tissue
Songwriters may think that only love can mend a heart, but University of Miami cardiologists found that stem cell therapy can do it, too. In a small, preliminary human study, the researchers used
Scientists generate lab-dish human heart model
Potential heart treatments could be tested on human cells in a lab dish, rather than in mice, thanks to new stem cell technology. Stanford University researchers used skin cells from children with
Investigators use microthread to stitch stem cells into place
Investigators at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute have devised a new approach to delivering stem cells right where they are needed, raising the possibility of success for treating damaged cardiac
Stem cell patch heals a broken heart
Chalk up another victory for stem cells: a study shows they can mend a broken heart--literally. According to researchers at the University of Cincinnati the recipe calls for infusing a patch with
