Cell therapy using cardiac muscle cell aggregates improves heart function following a heart attack

In the event of a heart attack, the affected part of the heart muscle can no longer be supplied with oxygen and nutrients. As ...

iPS Cardiac Muscle Sheets: Can They Heal the Heart?

PS cell cardiac muscle sheets.This is a regenerative medicine product originating from Japan that has been a topic of ...
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Cooling the Beating Heart: Hypothermia Plus Ventricular Unloading Shields Vulnerable Heart Muscle After Attack

A porcine study shows that combining moderate therapeutic hypothermia with mechanical left ventricular unloading preserves ...

Reducing nuclear damage improves heart function and survival in mice

Reducing damage to the nuclei of heart muscle cells improved heart function and extended survival in mice with a form of ...
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Drug restores heart muscle elasticity in mouse model of age-related heart failure

Michael Gotthardt at the Max Delbrück Center and collaborators are developing a drug to treat a common type of heart failure characterized by impaired cardiac filling. In a recent study, his group and ...