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The new equipment will facilitate work with mouse embryonic stem cells and human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs), fundamental tools for developing experimental models of cardiovascular disease

The new equipment will facilitate work with mouse embryonic stem cells and human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs), fundamental tools for developing experimental models of cardiovascular disease

Researchers at the CNIC, in collaboration with the University of Pavia and IRCCS Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, have found that activation of the enzyme calpain contributes to the development of a severe inherited arrhythmia.

A new study, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, shows that individuals with elevated levels of both proteins have twice the risk of cardiovascular events.

The body's heart muscle (for pumping blood), skeletal muscle (for movement and posture), and brown fat (for heat production), each require a lot of energy and make a lot of waste. And that waste needs to be managed.

The research, presented in a Hot Line session at the European Society of Cardiology Congress in Munich and published simultaneously in The New England Journal of Medicine, proposes a paradigm shift towards prevention based on early detection through vascular imaging