April 24, 2021
Slow Synchronisation Keeps Heart Cells Beating in Time
If you dance cheek-to-cheek with a partner, your rhythms soon synchronise, so you move smoothly across the floor. Heart cells that beat – cardiomyocytes – are the same. If you...
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...
December 18, 2019
Blue-Sky Dye Spells Hope for Improving Heart Function
One day ‘blue blood’ might be synonymous with a way to help the heart heal. Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science found that a non-toxic blue dye used in...
June 7, 2017
Young at Heart: Restoring Cardiac Function with a Matrix Molecule
Heart disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide, yet the few available treatments are still mostly unsuccessful once the heart tissue has suffered damage. Mammalian hearts are actually...