Archive for the 'Cardiovascular' Category
April 26th, 2011 by admin
A researching team from the University of Leicester has offered the promise of a simple injection that could be developed to restrict the damage that results from heart attacks and strokes. Described by the lead researcher as ‘a fascinating new achievement’, work has already begun to translate the research into novel clinical therapies.
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April 19th, 2011 by admin
Researchers from Johns Hopkins have produced a simplified, cheaper, all-purpose produces they say can be utilized by scientists around the world to more safely turn blood cells into heart cells. The procedure developed by them is virus-free and produces heart cells that beat with nearly 100 percent efficiency.
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April 6th, 2011 by admin
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Institute have successfully shown that a drug used to treat heart disease has the effect of lowering the risk for prostate cancer.
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April 1st, 2011 by admin
New scientific research published by the American Heart Association has indicated that doctors are motivated to turn towards therapeutic treatments along with blood thinners to relieve patients suffering from fatal blood clots found in deep veins that ultimately travel to the lungs.
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March 14th, 2011 by admin
In a new breakthrough for the treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease, three research groups have separately reported the discovery of new cardiovascular disease (CAD) risk genes. The international Coronary Artery Disease Genome-Wide Replication and Meta-Analysis (CARDIoGRAM) consortium carried out a meta-analysis of 14 prior genome-wide association studies involving some 87,000 individuals of European ancestry. The study has identified 13 new genetic loci, 10 of which reside in gene regions not previously implicated in pathogenesis of the disease. The CARDiOGRAM research also confirmed 10 of 12 gene loci previously associated with CAD.
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March 10th, 2011 by admin
In a breakthrough in neonatal technology, research has proved that the heart muscles of a newborn baby have the ability to grow back on its own. This promising discovery was revealed by researchers at the UT Southwestern Medical Center, who discovered that the mammalian newborn heart can heal itself completely.
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August 27th, 2010 by admin
Drug counterfeiting has become a $200-billion business annually, according to the World Customs Organization. By some calculations, the counterfeiting trade has become more lucrative than the narcotics business. It’s a global problem. The World Health Organization estimates that counterfeit drugs make up ten percent of the drug market worldwide. And experts say that solving it–or at least stemming the tide–requires the participation of both government and industry.
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July 27th, 2010 by admin
Oncologics, lipid regulators, respiratory agents, antidiabetics and anti-ulcerants are the five largest drug classes by sales. But annual sales are only half the story. Which drug classes are booming, and which have plateaued–or even dropped? IMS Health has released top-line industry data revealing the 15 largest drug classes, and we’ve crunched the numbers to take a closer look at the average sales growth of the 15 largest therapeutic classes over the last five years.
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April 14th, 2010 by admin
Researchers at the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute have found in animals that infusing cardiac-derived stem cells with micro-size particles of iron and then using a magnet to guide those stem cells to the area of the heart damaged in a heart attack boosts the heart’s retention of those cells and could increase the therapeutic benefit of stem cell therapy for heart disease.
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February 3rd, 2010 by admin
Many different cell types can be cultivated in a petri dish. Unfortunately, turning them into organs is substantially more difficult. It also tends to be difficult to cultivate cells that will function in a way that is similar to normal tissue function. This is an especially critical issue when it comes to heart cells. Recently, researchers at Johns Hopkins in conjunction with researchers in South Korea found a way to use special grooves in nanochips to encourage heart cells to stimulate growing cardiac tissue.
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