August 27, 2024
A Discovery to Set Your Heart a-Knocking
Weizmann Institute of Science researchers have found how the multiple sclerosis drug – Copaxone – protects the heart muscle and improves its function after a heart attack. In the late...
May 27, 2022
Settled at Birth: Blood Vessels Remember Their Origins
Our family origins tend to shape our future in many ways. A Weizmann Institute of Science study, published in Nature, found that the same holds true for blood vessels. The...
September 9, 2020
Young at Heart: Restoring Cardiac Function with a Matrix Molecule
Pre-clinical studies at the Weizmann Institute of Research suggest a protein called Agrin could limit scarring and promote natural repair mechanisms after a heart attack. Heart disease is the number...