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Inhibiting Oxidation to Treat Heart Disease

May 31, 2019

You have probably heard of antioxidants and the many “superfoods” that inhibit oxidation, such as dark chocolate, pecans, blueberries, kale, goji berries and others. But if antioxidants are good, does that mean oxidants are bad? What are oxidants anyway? They are reactive agents, produced both inside your body and in the environment around you that […]

Yazmin Rovira Gonzalez ⋅ Events and Happenings cardiovascular, Heart Disease, oxidation ⋅

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Never a Dull Moment in Cardiology

December 11, 2018

If it sounds like it’s too good to be true, then it probably is. This proverb may come across as pessimistic; however, it seems to be ringing true for Piero Anversa. Anversa made waves in the field of cardiology with his studies on cardiac muscle regeneration and the proposed use of cardiac stem cells to […]

Kyla Britson ⋅ Perspectives in Research cardiovascular, Ethics ⋅

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Titan Titin: When Mutations in the Largest Known Protein Affect the Heart

May 23, 2018

“We know from our clinical experience in the practice of medicine that in diagnosis, prognosis and treatment, the individual and his background of heredity are just as important, if not more so, as the disease itself.” — Paul Dudley White (1886–1973), Chief Consultant, National Heart Institute For the second installment of the Heart, Lung and […]

Yazmin Rovira Gonzalez ⋅ Events and Happenings cardiovascular, Heart Disease, in the lab ⋅

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