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Artificial muscles promise to speed up testing of treatments for muscle diseases

Artificial muscles grown from human stem cells could pave the way forward for treating muscle diseases, according to new research led by UCL.

The study, published in Cell Reports, found that 3D artificial muscles can be generated from both healthy and diseased stem cells of patients with different types of severe muscle disorders called muscular dystrophies. (more…)

Discovery of heart’s repair process suggests potential new treatment strategy for heart attack

By Guest PostDecember 29, 2014Healthamericans, blood vessels, discovery, energieversorgung, francesco saverio tedesco, heart, heart attack, ibm blockchain accelerator, mechanismus zum transport, muscle diseases, muscular dystrophies, paul schanda, ucla team

UCLA researchers have discovered that some scar-forming cells in the heart, known as fibroblasts, have the ability to become endothelial cells — the cells that form blood vessels. The finding could point the way toward a new strategy for treating people who have suffered a heart attack, because increasing the number of blood vessels in the heart boosts its ability to heal after injury. (more…)

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Artificial muscles promise to speed up testing of treatments for muscle diseases

Discovery of heart’s repair process suggests potential new treatment strategy for heart attack