by American Physiological Society Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Females may begin to recover twice as fast as males when it comes to muscle injuries, according to a new study in mice. The findings support the idea of forming individualized treatment plans based on a person’s biological sex. The research will be presented at the 2024 Integrative Physiology...
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Design prevents buildup of scar tissue around medical implants
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY IMAGE: WITH A NEW APPROACH, THE SCAR TISSUE (PICTURED) THAT USUALLY DEVELOPS AROUND MEDICAL IMPLANTS HAS A MORE ALIGNED ARCHITECTURE THAT ALLOWS DRUGS TO PASS THROUGH MORE EASILY. CREDIT: COURTESY OF THE RESEARCHERS CAMBRIDGE, MA — Implantable devices that release insulin into the body hold promise as an alternative way to...
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Converting scar tissue to heart muscle after a heart attack
UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA IMAGE: Researchers from the University of Tsukuba showed that cardiac scar tissue (fibroblasts) can be directly reprogrammed to heart muscle cells (cardiomyocytes) in mice. By treating mice post-heart attack with a virus carrying cardiac transcription factors, they found that new cardiomyocytes were formed by fibroblasts converting into cardiomyocytes as opposed to fibroblasts...