Circulatory Health nieuws
Circulatory Health nieuws
Horizon Europe Project LiverTarget gets funded
Horizon Europe project LiverTarget gets funded
Read moreFirst patient-specific zebrafish model for arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy
The research groups of Jeroen Bakkers and Toon van Veen bring forward the first patient-specific model for the heart disease arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM). They were able to recapitulate the human form of this disease by introducing a genetic mutation called Phospholamban (PLN) p.Arg14del in zebrafish. The cellular changes resulting from the mutation could be recovered using the drug istaroxime. Eventually, the findings – published on 9 December in Nature Communications – may contribute to the understanding of the molecular mechanisms of the PLN mutation and the ways in which the symptoms of ACM can be relieved in patients.
Read moreUMC Utrecht the first hospital in the Netherlands to implant a completely artificial heart
In early November, a patient with severe heart failure was implanted with a total artificial heart at the UMC Utrecht for the first time in The Netherlands.
Read moreHealthcare data offer more knowledge on male-female differences in cardiovascular disease
Men and women may react differently to medication for cardiovascular disease.
Read moreHugo Kuijf receives Heart Foundation grant for innovative machine learning model
Hugo Kuijf today receives the Dekker Senior Scientist 2021 grant from the Dutch Heart Foundation for his research that uses self-learning computer algorithms to image damage to the small blood vessels in the brain.
Read moreGene Tbx5 essential for getting the heart in correct shape during embryonic development
Researchers from the group of Jeroen Bakkers, in collaboration with Leiden University and the Amsterdam UMC, provide a detailed description of cardiac looping during zebrafish embryonic development.
Read moreBart van der Worp Professor of Acute Neurology
Bart van der Worp has been appointed Professor of Acute Neurology, with a special interest in cerebrovascular diseases, at the Faculty of Medicine of Utrecht University with effect from 1 March 2021.
Read moreTwo grants (NWO and ZonMW) for Utrecht researchers
Utrecht researchers Magdalena Harakalova, Frank van Steenbeek, Folkert Asselbergs and Jeroen Bakkers have obtained prestigious funding to further build infrastructure on genetic cardiomyopathies (severe diseases of the cardiac muscle).
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