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The future of personalised cardiovascular disease detection and monitoring

Professor Allan Lawrie from Imperial College London, discusses the future of personalised cardiovascular disease detection and monitoring, including comment on wearable technology and AI.
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Fish hearts expose toxic truth about our cardiovascular health

Professor Holly Shiels, from the University of Manchester, is the Director of the Company of Biologists and the President of the Fisheries Society of the British Isles. She charts a toxic tide by tracing the path of pollutants from fish hearts to human cardiovascular health.
Figure: Generation of engineered heart tissues (Left) and a cardiac organoid (Right) derived from iPSCs. Left: Scale bar: 500 μm Right: White: Troponin T2 (cardiomyocytes), Green: GFP (fibroblasts), Red: Fibronectin, Blue: Nuclei. Scale bar: 50 μm - treatments for cardiac ailments

The role of stem cell-derived tissues in novel treatments for cardiac ailments

Curbs on animal testing mean human tissues derived from induced pluripotent stem cells offer a promising platform in discovering novel treatments for cardiac ailments.
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BRAV3 Project: Cardiac regenerative medicine

Prof Felipe Prósper, Head of Department, and Dr Manuel Mazo, from the University of Navarra & Clínica Universidad de Navarra, shares his expertise in cardiovascular diseases, focusing on the work of the BRAV3 project, which includes research in cardiac regenerative medicine.
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Cigarette smoking focus: A modeling approach for estimating the impact of health programs

Theodore R. Holford from Yale University charts a modeling approach for estimating the impact of health programs in this cigarette smoking research focus.
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Treating neuropathic pain and nicotine dependence: Epibatidine derivatives as potential therapeutics

Lance R. McMahon, Ph.D. and Jenny L. Wilkerson, Ph.D. from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, describe the search for the magic bullet to treat both neuropathic pain and nicotine dependence using novel epibatidine derivatives as potential therapeutics.
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Tackling physical inactivity and a sedentary lifestyle: Two distinct approaches

Being physically inactive and sedentary are two distinct issues that affect older adults. However, each problem necessitates a unique set of solutions; Professor Isabelle J. Dionne from the Université de Sherbrooke tells us more.
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Enhancing marathon safety: The role of low-dose aspirin in cardiac arrest prevention

Arthur J. Siegel, Medical Director at MGH Internal Medicine Associates, Belmont, MA, USA tells us how low-dose aspirin can support primary prevention of marathon-related cardiac arrest in middle-aged men with coronary atherosclerosis.
Figure 1. Left ventricular stroke volume relationship to morbidity and mortality in patients ≥12-years-old

Age-related changes in cardiomyopathic phenotype in patients with barth syndrome

With current treatment options for BTHS cardiomyopathic phenotype focused predominantly on alleviating symptoms, Dr Hani N. Sabbah, Director of Cardiovascular Research at Henry Ford Health, explores the potential of more targeted treatment approaches.

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