Using stem cell-derived heart muscle cells to advance heart regenerative therapy Regenerative heart therapies involve transplanting cardiac muscle cells into damaged areas of the heart to recover lost function. However, the risk of arrhythmias following this procedure is reportedly high. In a recent study, researchers tested a novel approach that involves injecting 'cardiac spheroids,' cultured from human stem cells, directly into damaged ventricles. The highly positive outcomes observed in primate models highlight the potential of this strategy. Study finds genetic basis for link between depression, heart disease A group of genes could be common to both depression and heart disease, a finding that researchers said could explain why having one of them increases risk of developing the other. The "puzzling" link between the diseases has been known to exist since the 1990s, they said. Studies have found that people with depression run a greater risk of cardiovascular disease, with early and effective treatmen… NASA astronauts arrive at Kennedy Space Center ahead of Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams arrived at the Cape in T-38 jets, the first such arrival since the space shuttle era. The mission is aiming to launch on Monday, May 6, at 10:34 p.m. EDT (0234 UTC). Bacteria could replace fossil fuels for making valuable chemicals Engineered bacteria could pave the way "renewable chemicals to be produced that do not burden the environment," researchers say. |
Federal Officials Find No Live Bird Flu Virus in Initial Milk Tests The early results suggest that pasteurization is killing the H5N1 virus in milk, something that regulators were not certain of. UN warns Sudan paramilitary forces are encircling a capital in western Darfur, urges against attack The United Nations has said Sudanese paramilitary forces are encircling the city of El Fasher in the western Darfur region, and warned that 'an attack would have devastating consequences.' NASA re-establishes communication with Voyager 1 interstellar spacecraft that went silent for months |