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It’s Heart Month!

February 27, 2020February 27, 2020 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments cardiac fibroblasts, Cardiac regeneration, heart failure, Heart month, heartbeat, Research

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

November 5, 2019November 5, 2019 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments cardiac fibroblasts, heart attack, heart failure, Hippo pathway, LATS 1/2, Research

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

January 5, 2018February 5, 2018 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments Heart disease and regeneration, heart failure, Hippo pathway, injured heart, mouse model, regeneration

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

August 14, 2017February 2, 2018 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments Cardiac regeneration, cardiomyocytes, fibroblasts, fibrosis, Gata4, heart attack, heart failure, scar tissue, tissue reprograming

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;