Category Archives: Vascular Biology

Theres more evidence that e-cigarettes may be bad for your health. Continue reading →

Scientists say studying submerged aquatic vegetation can provide clues to the coasts overall health. Continue reading →

Utpal Pal, professor in Veterinary Medicine at the University of Maryland, is serving as one of three collaborators on a new innovative grant from the Department of Defense, using 3-D bioengineered models of human blood vessels for the first time to examine how tick-borne pathogens move in and out of blood and tissue to cause infection and diseases like Lyme and Anaplasmosis. The team is combining expertise in tick-borne infectious diseases and bioengineering to study mechanisms that cannot be adequately captured using animal models, thus providing new targets for vaccine development and therapeutic options to protect our troops and civilians alike. Pal is partnering with principal investigator Dr Continue reading →

It sounds like something out of a horror film, but it's real: A genius slime mold that's capable of learning, solving puzzles and making decisions is on display at the Paris Zoological Park. Continue reading →

Whenever the futuristic visions of the past are closer to becoming a reality we wonder what the next step for humanity will be. But when it comes to medicine, every step is a long one, pre-clinical and clinical trials take years, and if we look at some of the known facts, the discipline has advanced but it hasnt changed very much Continue reading →

Posted October 17, 2019 05:38:42 Levon Khachigian cuts an imposing figure in the hallways of the UNSW School of Medical Sciences. The 55-year-old cell biologist rose to the top of the university's academic hierarchy, on a salary package once worth more than $250,000 a year. In the elite world of academia, where prestige is driven by publication in top scientific journals and research funding is scarce, Professor Khachigian has been a big earner, bringing more than $23 million in funding to the university over his three-decade career. Continue reading →

at Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute This is an exciting opportunity for a Research Officer / Postdoctoral Researcher to join our Atherothrombosis and Vascular Biology Laboratory. We pursue a broad range of projects that have the common focus of improving diagnosis and therapy of thrombotic and inflammatory diseases such as myocardial infarction and atherosclerosis Continue reading →

Read on for a sampling of adult-oriented research at Boston Childrens. From the beginning, our brains are constantly reinventing themselves, pruning and sculpting their circuitryor synapsesin an effort to stay healthy and up to date. That developmental process depends on cells called microgliathe Pac-Man of the brain, as Beth Stevens, an expert in neurocircuitry at Boston Childrens, calls them Continue reading →

Cardiovascular Repair And Reconstruction Devices Market 2019-2025 This report studies the global market size of Cardiovascular Repair And Reconstruction Devices in key regions like North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Central & South America and Middle East & Africa, focuses on the consumption of Cardiovascular Repair And Reconstruction Devices in these regions. This research report categorizes the global Cardiovascular Repair And Reconstruction Devices market by top players/brands, region, type and end user. This report also studies the global Cardiovascular Repair And Reconstruction Devices market status, competition landscape, market share, growth rate, future trends, market drivers, opportunities and challenges, sales channels and distributors Continue reading →

Quinn Capers IV, MD, is an interventional cardiologist, professor of medicine, and the vice dean for faculty affairs at The Ohio State University (OSU) College of Medicine. He has performed over 4,000 coronary stent procedures, many in acute MI patients, and is radial-first operator. Continue reading →