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Heart repair factor boosted by RNA-targeting compound
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Heart repair factor boosted by RNA-targeting compound

Disney lab collaboration reawakens heart cells’ silenced VEGF-A healing system by targeting non-coding RNA SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR MATTHEW DISNEY, PHD, IN HIS LAB AT SCRIPPS RESEARCH IN JUPITER, FLORIDA. DISNEY AND HIS GRADUATE STUDENT, HAFEEZ HANIFF, DEVELOPED A COMPOUND THAT ACTS ON NON-CODING RNA TO… view more CREDIT: MATTHEW STURGESS FOR SCRIPPS RESEARCH...

Platelet microparticles give antibody drug ‘piggyback ride’ to repair damaged heart
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Platelet microparticles give antibody drug ‘piggyback ride’ to repair damaged heart

by North Carolina State University New research from North Carolina State University shows that platelet microparticles are an effective way to deliver therapeutic drugs directly to the heart following a heart attack. This method increases drug concentration at the site and could help heart attack patients reduce side effects from drugs used to aid recovery....