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Missing Y Chromosome in Mouse Blood Causes Heart Dysfunction
An analysis of human data from the UK biobank also finds an association between Y chromosome loss and heart disease in men.
Missing Y Chromosome in Mouse Blood Causes Heart Dysfunction
Missing Y Chromosome in Mouse Blood Causes Heart Dysfunction

An analysis of human data from the UK biobank also finds an association between Y chromosome loss and heart disease in men.

An analysis of human data from the UK biobank also finds an association between Y chromosome loss and heart disease in men.

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Artificial Heart Valves Grow with Lambs
Emma Yasinski | Mar 19, 2021 | 3 min read
Two of the implanted valves lasted a full year as the animals matured into adult sheep, demonstrating that it might be possible to treat children with valve replacements that grow along with them.
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Autopsies Show Varied Forms of Heart Damage in COVID-19 Patients
Emma Yasinski | Sep 24, 2020 | 3 min read
The multifarious nature of the damage means treatments for cardiac issues during infection will require tailored approaches.
Blood Pressure Meds Point the Way to Possible COVID-19 Treatment
Ashley Yeager | Apr 2, 2020 | 7 min read
There is little evidence that antihypertensive drugs worsen COVID-19, and scientists are instead exploring the idea that such medications—or their downstream effects—may actually alleviate symptoms.
Image of the Day: Bionic Heart
Amy Schleunes | Jan 30, 2020 | 1 min read
A bioengineered heart made of pig and synthetic tissues beats like the real thing.
Image of the Day: Repairing Hearts
Emily Makowski | Jan 7, 2020 | 2 min read
A growth factor treatment helps improve cardiac functioning after heart attack in pigs.
Doctors Test if Rapid Chilling Can Save Trauma Patients’ Lives
Ashley Yeager | Nov 21, 2019 | 2 min read
A clinical trial is underway to see if suspended animation, in which the body is cooled to 10–15 °Celsius, could slow patients’ decline and give doctors time to operate.
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CAR T Immunotherapy May Find New Use in Treating Cardiac Fibrosis
Emma Yasinski | Sep 11, 2019 | 3 min read
Scientists show the approach can kill cells that cause hardening of heart tissue in mice.
Genes that Are Harmless on Their Own Cause Disease When Combined
Chia-Yi Hou | Sep 1, 2019 | 3 min read
A case study of a family demonstrates that different genetic mutations from the two parents cause severe heart disease symptoms in the children.
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A Common Atrial Fibrillation Procedure Is Aided by Damaging Neurons
Emma Yasinski | May 24, 2019 | 4 min read
Patients in a study of catheter ablation who showed signs of more injury to nerve cells and glia in the heart had fewer symptoms after the treatment.
Image of the Day: Taken to Heart
Carolyn Wilke | Mar 14, 2019 | 1 min read
By zooming in on a developing mouse heart, scientists are studying whether defects in vasculature contribute to a thin muscle wall.
Heart Cell Therapy Trial Paused After Fraud Allegations
Ashley P. Taylor | Oct 30, 2018 | 2 min read
A trial to test whether so-called c-kit cardiac stem cells, first reported by Piero Anversa, could help patients with chronic heart failure has been halted in light of suspicion surrounding his work.
Mitochondrial Infusions Given to Babies with Heart Damage
Kerry Grens | Jul 10, 2018 | 1 min read
Among 11 infants treated to date, most survived and their heart function improved.
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