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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How Gata4 helps mend a broken heart
During a heart attack, blood stops flowing into the heart; starved for oxygen, part of the heart muscle dies. The heart muscle does not regenerate;
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