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Nano-antioxidants shown to have ‘enormous’ capability to quench superoxides...
Injectable nanoparticles that could protect an injured person from further damage due to oxidative stress have proven to be astoundingly effective in tests to study their mechanism. Scientists at Rice...
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Nanobot ‘drones’ successfully target atherosclerosis in animal model.
Nanometer-sized drones that deliver a special type of healing molecule to fat deposits in arteries could become a new way to prevent heart attacks caused by atherosclerosis, if an animal model...
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Researchers identify protein responsible for keeping the heart beating on time.
The average heart beats 35 million times a year, 2.5 billion times over a lifetime. Those beats must be precisely calibrated; even a small divergence from the metronomic rhythm can cause sudden death....
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New imaging technique successfully detects Peripheral Arterial Disease in...
Approximately 8 to 12 million people in the United States alone are suffering from peripheral arterial disease (PAD), a common vascular problem that is caused by narrowing of the arteries as a result...
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Gold nanoparticles used to detect heart attacks early.
Researchers from New York University have been collaborating with the Peking University on a new nanotechnology test strip that is demonstrating great potential for the early detection of certain heart...
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Researchers develop ‘injectable’ blood vessels.
Rice University scientists have developed a hydrogel that can be injected into an internal wound and help it heal while slowly degrading as it is replaced by natural tissue and blood vessels....
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Researchers find new links between obesity and cardiovascular disease.
Obesity-linked diabetes is a growing public health problem and contributes to cardiovascular disease, the most prevalent cause of death in the U.S. High plasma concentrations fatty acids derived from...
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Experimental antidiabetic drug ‘browns’ white fat in animal studies.
An experimental drug developed by QuatRx Pharmaceuticals causes loss of weight and fat in a mouse animal model in a new study from researchers at the Houston Methodist Research Institute. Known as...
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Researchers identify protein responsible for epigenetic change in heart failure.
Researchers from the UC San Diego and the University of Iowa have identified a key piece in the complex molecular puzzle underlying heart failure, a serious and sometimes life-threatening disorder...
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Researchers induce microRNA-based cardiomyocyte proliferation after heart...
The heart tissue of mammals has limited capacity to regenerate after an injury such as a heart attack, in part due to the inability to reactivate a cardiac muscle cell and proliferation program. Recent...
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New blood test identifies stroke risk following heart surgery with greater...
The results of a blood test done immediately after heart surgery can be a meaningful indicator of postoperative stroke risk, a study by researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center has found. An...
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New non-invasive bioimaging can detect coronary artery disease long before it...
Adding two non-invasive imaging tests to traditional cardiovascular disease risk factor assessment more precisely predicts a healthy patient’s future risk of heart attack, stroke, or premature death,...
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First large-scale longitudinal study links PTSD to heart disease.
In a study of more than 8,000 veterans living in Hawaii and the Pacific Islands, researchers from Ohio State University, University of Minnesota, and The Department of Veterans Affairs found those with...
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Researchers develop the first fully-implantable micropacemaker designed for...
A team of investigators at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and the University of Southern California have developed the first fully implantable micropacemaker designed for use in a fetus with complete...
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Nanotechnology successfully used to halt atherosclerotic plaque growth in...
A research team showed that a nanotherapeutic medicine can halt the growth of artery plaque cells resulting in the fast reduction of the inflammation that may cause a heart attack, according to a study...
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Researchers identify the enzyme responsible for obesity-related high blood...
Obesity is a serious health problem affecting approximately one-third of the adult population in the United States. Obese individuals have an increased risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease,...
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Researchers identify a new mechanism for the regulation of blood pressure.
Researchers at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute have uncovered a new mechanism for the regulation of blood pressure. The new study links events at the single-cell level to a system-level effect,...
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Researchers identify the molecular switch that promotes heart cell maturation.
A molecular switch that seems to be essential for embryonic heart cells to grow into more mature, adult-like heart cells has been discovered by researchers at University of Washington. The team state...
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Medical millibots for less-invasive surgeries moving out of proof-of-concept...
Seeking to advance minimally invasive medical treatments, researchers from University of Houston and Harvard Medical School have proposed using millibots, driven by magnetic potential energy from...
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NIH researchers use CT angiography to link arterial plaque with diabetes.
A new study from researchers at the NIH Clinical Center has found that non-calcified arterial plaque is associated with diabetes, high systolic blood pressure and elevated ‘bad’ cholesterol levels in...
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