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An artery with a valve. Photo: depositphotos.com

How are aeronautical engineering methods used to repair damaged valves in the heart?

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Adi Morani, a PhD student in the composite materials laboratory at Tel Aviv University uses simulation to prepare for surgeries and save operations that require opening the patient's body. Morani presented his developments at the Simulia users' conference in Israel - the simulation software from Dassault Systèmes
Illustration: Patrick J. Lynch.

A new wireless pacemaker may prevent common complications

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Illustration: pixabay.

Clean the blood

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Stem cells could restore scar tissue or prevent its formation after a heart attack and treat heart failure. Illustration: Patrick J. Lynch, medical illustrator; C. Carl Jaffe, MD, cardiologist.

Treatment of heart failure through stem cell injection receives a "standard"

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Photo: Courtesy of Dassault Systèmes.

The Living Heart project is moving up a notch - enabling startups to quickly research innovative treatments

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Image: pixabay.

Can gene therapy cure heart disease?

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Chicken embryo. Source: NIH / Jessica Ryvlin, Stephanie Lindsey, and Jonathan Butcher, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

open heart

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Mice hearts 35 days after myocardial infarction. The scar tissue (stained in blue) in hearts treated with agrin was reduced compared to untreated hearts (PBS). Source: Courtesy of the Weizmann Institute of Science magazine.

Mend a broken heart: Scientists have discovered a unique molecule that may heal damaged heart tissue

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Researchers have developed a new method to treat atherosclerosis

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Cardiovascular diseases. Illustration: shutterstock

The arbin protein is used as a significant controller in the prevention of pathological hypertrophy of the heart muscle

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oysters Courtesy of Sharon Mollerus, from Wikipedia

Clamshell glue in the medical service

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Wikipedia, illustrator Patrick J. lynch'.

Scientists have created a living biological pacemaker inside the body

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Dr. Karina Yaniv. Molecular signals

between the fat and the blood

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William Harvey

William Harvey and the discovery of the blood circulation

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From the right: Dr. Yigal Gat and Prof. Moti Hayblom

Tools combined in engineering, medicine and as a metaphor for integration between fields of knowledge

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Prof. Naim Shahada (left) and Dr. Gal Neuman at the Rambam clinic. Photo: Piotr Plitar.

Sons ate unripe, the teeth of fathers will be priests

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The drug Predaxa

For the first time in 50 years, a drug has been found that will replace Coumadin

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Prof. Michael Aviram. The Technion and Rambam Photo: Piotr Pleiter

Grenade-an effective weapon against arteriosclerosis

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hydrogen sulfide

Poisonous gas saves lives

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Arteries before and after the diet treatment. Photo: Iris Shai, Ben-Gurion University

An Israeli study proved that it is possible to "dissolve" the sclerosis in the blood vessels leading to the brain with

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Research in the worm opens a door to dealing with heart muscle diseases and old age in humans

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