Heart disease and the quest for the perfect artificial heart
Heart surgeon Dr. William Cohn discusses the BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart, a potential permanent artificial heart.
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heart failure
Not committed to fail: novel approach improves heart failure outcomes in animal model
The findings have encouraged the researchers to pursue clinical trials to determine the value of this novel approach to extend survival in people with hypertrophy of the heart.
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What you need to know about heart failure
Michael Sheehan provides an overview of the many conditions that fall under heart failure and describes some treatment methods.
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The circadian clock in heart failure
Disrupting the rhythm of molecular clock protein Rev-erbα/β leads to heart failure in animal models.
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Innovative approach brings cell-reprogramming therapy for heart failure closer to reality
A new cell reprogramming strategy can change large scar tissue in rat hearts into working muscle.
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New research moves novel gene therapy for heart failure closer to the clinic
Knocking down the Hippo signaling pathway in pig cardiomyocytes after a heart attack, resulted in heart tissue renewal and improved function.
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MCB-613 helps the heart heal itself after a heart attack
MCB-613 after a heart attack prevented the scar and maladaptive repair of heart tissue that can lead to heart failure.
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It’s Heart Month!
From the Labs wraps up Heart Month highlighting a selection of posts about heart-related research at Baylor. The following articles posted in 2019 reveal novel
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Image of the Month: cardiac fibroblasts
This Image of the Month features the cardiac fibroblast, a cell that is central to heart failure, the leading cause of mortality in the U.S.
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Tapping on the healing capacity of the heart
If your skin is injured, it can heal itself. If you lose blood, your body makes more. If a lobe is removed from a mouse
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