January 31, 2025
German scientists have created lab-grown “patches” of heart muscle tissue derived from pluripotent stem cells. Following a success with rhesus monkeys, they have obtained approval for a human trial [1]. Wear and tear As one of the most hard-working tissues in the body, the heart muscle is subject to incessant wear and tear due to...
September 19, 2024
In Aging Cell, researchers have published their findings on how the right ventricle of the heart ages differently from the left one. Not just organs, but parts of organs Research on aging has agreed that organs age differently: that the arteries, brain tissue, muscles, and skin, along with all of the various digestive and maintenance...
January 30, 2024
A new study suggests that the flavonoid epicatechin, found in chocolate, tea, and berries, provides robust protection against reperfusion injury in myocardial infarction [1]. Reperfusion injury: friendly fire Myocardial infarction (heart attack) is the injury caused by complete or partial cessation of blood flow to a portion of the myocardium, the heart’s muscle tissue. This,...
April 19, 2023
A pair of case reports published in Heliyon have shed more light on the connection between systemic sclerosis and fatal heart failure, highlighting a need for early diagnosis and treatment. Check out Cardio Diagnostics to learn more about their test kits. A systemic autoimmune disease Systemic sclerosis was once known as scleroderma, as the most...
December 22, 2022
A paper just published in Nature Aging has explained how changes to the lamina contribute to heart weakness in model organisms. A protective enclosure for genetic stability Lamin proteins enclose the nucleus in the lamina, the cellular envelope that contains and protects DNA. In progeria, a mutation of the gene that codes for the Lamin...
August 09, 2022
Researchers have been able to achieve substantial recovery of cellular and organismal activity in pigs that had been dead for a full hour [1]. When is it too late? Advances in resuscitation have already moved the boundaries of life and death, making it possible to revive a person several minutes after the heart stops beating....