Molecule Promotes Growth of Heart Muscle
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A molecule that promotes the growth of the young heart shows promise as a treatment for heart attack in animal studies and is being readied for human trials, researchers report.
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By Dan Vergano Scientists have inched closer to one day developing a drug that will extend the human life span. They're still not close, mind you, but closer.
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Reducing the levels of a certain protein secreted by the body may be as powerful a tool in preventing cardiac-related death as lowering cholesterol.
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Scientists have cultured small pieces of heart tissue which beat in the same way as the whole organ.
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Nov 26 (HeartCenterOnline) - A heart protein that is naturally produced during fetal development is showing promise as a therapy for heart attack patients.
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The impotence drug Viagra may also help prevent the abnormal growth of the heart seen in some types of heart disease, researchers reported on Sunday.
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A way to measure energy levels inside living heart cells could ultimately aid heart attack recovery.
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Neurocrine resubmits a marketing application for its lead drug.
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A protein being tested for its ability to enhance wound healing in skin might also help repair heart attack damage. The protein, thymosin beta 4 (TB4), is expressed by embryos during the heart&#39;s development
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NEW YORK  - Studies in mice show that a   group of drugs currently being evaluated as anti-cancer agents   promotes recovery from muscular dystrophy, a disease marked by   progressive weakness and degeneration of the muscles that   control movement for which there is no cure.
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Cancer drug shows exceptional promise as it moves toward FDA review.
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A protein produced by the heart during its development could be used to repair heart attack damage, research suggests. University of Texas scientists worked on mice, but hope their findings will eventually lead to new treatment for heart disease.
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TUESDAY, March 13 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have confirmed that an imaging agent known as Pittsburgh Compound B binds to abnormal protein growth in the brain that are a signature of Alzheimer&#39;s disease.
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Umbilical cord stem cells and a drug that facilitates their entry into the brain may be able to reduce stroke size and damage in humans.
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Pioneering research is to test if stem cells can repair heart muscle damaged by a heart attack.
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Researchers seeking new treatments for heart disease managed to grow a rat heart in the lab and start it beating
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Researchers at MIT are one step closer to creating patches for damaged hearts: They've used rat cells to construct a beating slice of cardiac tissue about the size of a dime. By Kristen Philipkoski.