Sentences with phrase «regenerate damaged heart tissue»

5/15/2008 New Role Found for a Cardiac Progenitor Population In a discovery that could one day lead to an understanding of how to regenerate damaged heart tissue, researchers at the University of California, San Diego have found that parent cells involved in embryonic development of the epicardium — the cell l...

In the United States, about 720,000 residents experience a heart attack annually, which means that hundreds of thousands of heart patients are living with the disabling complications of heart disease who could benefit from therapies to repair and regenerate damaged heart tissue.

Not exact matches

On average the transplanted stem cells regenerated 40 percent of the damaged heart tissue, said Dr. Michael Laflamme, UW assistant professor of pathology, whose team was principally responsible for generating the replacement heart muscle cells.

«But the zebrafish heart robustly regenerates missing or damaged tissue in as little as 30 to 60 days.

The zebrafish heart robustly regenerates missing or damaged cardiac tissue following a partial ventricular resection procedure in as little as 30 - 60 days.

But heart cells never truly regenerate in the damaged tissue, and myofibroblasts compensate for their absence by forming a stiff, collagenous scar that interferes with the heart's ability to maintain stable heart rhythms and to expand and contract forcefully to pump blood.

«Our hope is to one day treat diseases like heart failure or Parkinson's disease with drugs that help the heart and brain regenerate damaged areas from their own existing tissue cells.»

By studying them, we are beginning to gain insight into human disease — to understand why organs such as the heart can not repair themselves or why, as we age, the incidence of debilitating diseases such as cancer, heart disease and Alzheimer's increases so rapidly, and we are developing new therapies that will enhance our abilities to regenerate damaged tissues and prolong healthy lifespan.