heart disease

From The Labs 

What’s at the ‘heart’ of a heartbeat?

August 20, 2019August 20, 2019 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments atrial fibrillation, calcium, calcium handling super complex, heart disease, PPP1R3A, Research

In the confines of the thoracic chamber, a heart has lost its rhythm. Its two upper chambers, the atria, are

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From The Labs 

The Seventh Annual Symposium of the Cardiovascular Research Institute

April 23, 2019September 17, 2019 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments CVRI, Heart, heart disease, Research

Since it was founded in 2012, the Cardiovascular Research Institute at Baylor College of Medicine has been hosting an annual

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From The Labs 

Tracking down microRNA candidates that can contribute to disease

November 6, 2018November 6, 2018 Ana Rodríguez 1 Comment ADmiRE, Cancer, developmental disease, gnomAD, heart disease, microRNA, The Cancer Genome Atlas, whole exome sequencing

What started as Ninad Oak’s side project turned out into something much larger, his doctorate thesis. “The project started as

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From The Labs 

Together, DAG1 and Yap ‘hit the brakes’ on heart cell proliferation

September 15, 2017February 2, 2018 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments cardiomyocyte, DAG1, heart cell proliferation, heart disease, Hippo pathway, muscular dystrophy, YAP

Although both are known to play a role in cardiac function and previous work had hinted that they might interact

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Momentum 

Men’s health awareness: Take action today

June 12, 2017June 8, 2017 Momentum 0 Comments Cancer, heart disease, Infertility, Men's Health, Nicole Blanton, Nutrition and Wellness

June 12 kicks off National Men’s Health Week, a reminder to take action and encourage friends and loved ones to

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From The Labs 

New insights from an autoimmunity-mediated atherosclerosis mouse model could pave the way to new therapies for cardiovascular diseases

June 8, 2016 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments atherosclerosis, autoimmune disease, autoimmunity, Cardiovascular Disease, heart disease

By Ana María Rodríguez, Ph.D. Patients with autoimmune disease have a higher risk of developing atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. Although studies

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From The Labs 

Crystal structure of PKGI suggests a new activation mechanism

May 11, 2016February 2, 2018 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments Biochemistry, heart disease, structural biology

By Ana María Rodríguez, Ph.D. Kinases form a large family of proteins that seem to be involved in nearly every

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From The Labs 

Appropriate use of aspirin for heart health evaluated

March 16, 2015February 6, 2018 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments heart disease, public health

Many people have taken to heart the advice to take an aspirin a day to help prevent heart attacks –

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Heart injury marker can identify varying risks of blood pressure

December 2, 2014 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments Biomarkers, heart disease

By Graciela Gutierrez For years, physicians have used troponin T as evidence of the kind of heart damage that results

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Momentum 

In Case You Missed it: Chocolate milk post workout, new heart disease guidelines and more

November 16, 2013April 2, 2018 Momentum 0 Comments Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Dr. Bert O'Malley, Dr. Kristy Murray, heart disease, In Case You Missed It, Social Media

Catch up on news you may have missed this week with our roundup of science, health and Baylor College of

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