Sentences with phrase «damaged by heart»

In 2012, Dr. Srivastava and his team reported in the journal Nature that fibroblasts could be reprogrammed into beating heart cells by injecting just three genes, together known as GMT, into the hearts of live mice that had been damaged by a heart attack.

CINCINNATI - Scientists used an experimental targeted molecular therapy to block a matrix - forming protein in heart cells damaged by heart attack, reducing levels of scarred muscle tissue and saving mouse models from heart failure.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes today are announcing a research breakthrough in mice that one day may help doctors restore hearts damaged by heart attacks — by converting scar - forming cardiac cells into beating heart muscle.

The application of these therapies could range from the repair of heart muscle damaged by heart attack to the repair of sports - related bone, cartilage and muscle injuries.

Muscle damaged by heart attacks can be repaired by an injectable gel that forms scaffolding, attracting stem cells and blood vessels in a study that may lead to a new method for reducing heart failure.

We are working to transform this game - changing research into therapies that help doctors repair hearts damaged by heart attacks and disease.

It also did not decrease the size of the area damaged by the heart attack or the composition of the scar.

The polymer patch could one day lay down a pathway in areas damaged by heart disease for cells to regenerate and regrow, while the mesh itself slowly disintegrates within the body.

A previous study from the MGH team found that injecting B cells into cardiac tissue damaged by a heart attack improved structural and functional recovery in an animal model.

It detects scar tissue formed after the heart muscle is damaged by a heart attack.

In human terms, the costs of lives and families damaged by heart disease, strokes, cancer and lung disease are incalculable.

Not exact matches

I wish I had served as an example of how improving your health now, by losing weight, gaining fitness, and improving your cholesterol might just help you avoid a heart attack or heart disease — and, if you do have a heart problem, might just help mitigate the damage and possibly even save your life.

He opened my eyes and allowed me to see the damage I had been doing to my heart and mind by putting Him off.

They contain more antioxidants than most other fruits or vegetables and may help prevent damage caused by cancer, heart disease, and Alzheimer's.

The oxidative damage caused to normal cells by free radicals has been linked to chronic conditions like cancer, heart disease, and degenerative diseases related to aging.

These are the same damaged trans fats that have been touted as «healthy» and «heart - friendly» for the last 60 years by the vegetable and seed oil interests!

When consumers feel misled by products and ingredients promoting «heart healthy» or other attributes, this can damage public trust in the basic ingredient.

Furthermore antioxidant properties of Succinic Acid can help to minimize disruptions of heart rhythm and reduce damage done by free radicals.

Comparing the heart rate or blood sugar levels of a given number of people might be beneficial in determining the range in which people maintain good health — and perhaps we can even say that by comparing children's abilities and establishing a range of «normal,» we can determine which children have difficulties and how to help them — but comparing ourselves with others, and in particular our children to other children, can have very damaging effects.

This practice is used by doctors to detect complications like low oxygen and heart issues that can cause brain damage, seizures and even death in babies.

«By reducing the capacity, you damage the nuclear power plant at the heart of its economic function.»

Betty McBride, director of policy at the British Heart Foundation (BHF), added: «Exposure to second - hand smoke by non-smokers for just half an hour is enough to damage the lining of the heart's arteries and increase the risk of a heart atHeart Foundation (BHF), added: «Exposure to second - hand smoke by non-smokers for just half an hour is enough to damage the lining of the heart's arteries and increase the risk of a heart atheart's arteries and increase the risk of a heart atheart attack.

Reperfusion involves opening the blocked artery by surgery or pharmaceuticals, and has been shown to significantly reduce damage to the heart.

Once inside, they could begin to repair the damage caused by a heart attack.

The resulting lack of adequate blood flow can damage heart muscle and other tissues by depriving them of oxygen.

A cadre of scientists and companies is now trying to prevent or reverse cardiac damage by infusing a cocktail of stem cells into weakened hearts.

Nitric Oxide protects the heart from damage caused by ischemia, or blocked blood flow to heart tissue.

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine have shown that a new targeted treatment could benefit patients with certain pancreatic tumors by preventing spread of the cancer and protecting their heart from damage — a direct result of the tumor.

The complaint, filed in a federal district court by two prominent heart researchers, offers the first indication of just what is amiss in two papers they co-authored, which describe the heart's natural regenerative ability, and an effort to heal damaged hearts with stem cells.»

The study looked at 7,470 patients with PAD who took part in the COMPASS study, and found the combination reduced heart attacks, stroke or cardiovascular death by 28 per cent and damage to limbs by 46 percent.

By the time she was 55, she had suffered three more heart attacks, and despite 13 stents to prop open her arteries, the damage has caused her left ventricle to balloon in size.

Another team member, Paul Cullinan of the National Heart and Lung Hospitals in London, says: «Quite a high proportion of those examined by us certainly had lung damage almost ten years after the event.

As long ago as the 1950s, scientists discovered that many diseases — including heart disease, strokes, cancer, diabetes, cataracts, arthritis and neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's — were linked to damage caused by highly destructive chemicals called free radicals.

There is a lot of work still to do, and many potential pitfalls before it could be applied to human patients, but in principle almost any illness caused by damaged or ageing tissue — heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer's and dozens of others — could be fixed this way.

She hopes the trial will show that a python - inspired pill could treat heart failure by reversing damage and adding heart muscle.

A STEMI (ST segment elevation myocardial infarction) heart attack happens when an artery is completely blocked by the blood clot, which causes damage to virtually all of the heart muscle supplied by that artery.

NSTEMI (non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction) is the less severe type, occurring when a blood clot partly clogs a coronary artery and only a portion of the heart muscle supplied by that artery is damaged.

What's more, by selectively deactivating certain PAMs within the matrix, the team mimicked the kind of damage that happens to the heart muscle under certain disease conditions.

The finding, which was published today in the journal Nature, shows that it is possible to limit the damage wrought by heart attacks, which strike nearly one million people in the United States each year.

A heart attack occurs when blood flow to an area of the heart is blocked by a narrowed or completely obstructed coronary artery, resulting in damage of heart muscle.

Their work has been avidly followed by biologists in the field of organ transplantation: If a donor's heart or kidney could be frozen and stored without damage, physicians could dramatically increase the number of transplants they perform.

«Our findings uncover the direct coupling of these two important pathways and raise the prospect of therapeutic manipulation of the UPR to lessen the damage caused by heart attack and stroke,» said Dr. Joseph A. Hill, Professor of Internal Medicine and Molecular Biology, and senior author of the study published in the March 13 issue of Cell.

Most of the time when the heart is injured, these beneficial immune cells are supplanted by immune cells from the bone marrow, which are spurred to converge in the heart and cause inflammation that leads to further damage.

Most importantly, these studies show that treatment with vitamin D3 can significantly restore the damage to the cardiovascular system caused by several diseases, including hypertension, atherosclerosis, and diabetes, while also reducing the risk of heart attack.

Several studies show that this cuts damage to heart muscle by about one - third following surgery to bypass blocked arteries, when the heart's blood supply must be stopped for up to an hour.

Children with behavioral problems may be at risk of many chronic diseases in adulthood including heart disease, obesity, diabetes, as well as inflammatory illnesses (conditions which are caused by cell damage).

Whether caused by an undetected birth defect or by a heart attack (myocardial infarction), when a heart sustains damage, it can be difficult to repair.

According to cardiologist Stefanie Dimmler at the University of Frankfurt in Germany, degraded telomeres might cause heart disease by impeding the ability of cells from the bone marrow to repair damaged parts of the arterial walls.

The big shocker: The drug boosted the odds of cardiac damage by 29 percent, causing seven additional heart attacks per 10,000 participants annually.

The damage of the muscle was followed by a reduction in heart function and ventricular size.