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NIH supported study shows that the virus that causes COVID-19 can damage the heart without directly infecting heart tissue SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can damage the heart even without directly infecting the heart tissue, a National Institutes of Health-supported study has found. The research, published in the journal Circulation...
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NHLBI in the Press
An editorial by NHLBI's Nakela L. Cook, M.D. in the latest issue of Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes discusses sex differences in etiology and management of myocardial infarction as key pending topics in the cardiovascular research agenda.
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NHLBI in the Press
Scientists have identified differences in a group of genes they say may help explain why some people need more sleep than others.
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NHLBI in the Press
Recently, an NIH-funded research study called the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) demonstrated benefits of intensive lowering of systolic blood pressure to a goal of less than 120 mm Hg versus the standard target of less than 140 mm Hg.
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NHLBI in the Press
Nearly half of the world's population is at risk of malaria, according to the World Health Organization.
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NHLBI in the Press
Biomedical researchers funded by NHLBI have developed an artificial heart muscle large enough to patch over the damage typically caused by a heart attack.This fully functioning patch represents an important advancement towards the goal of repairing dead heart muscle in patients.
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NHLBI in the Press
Positive airway pressure (PAP) is a mode of respiratory ventilation widely used in the treatment of sleep apnea. A PAP therapy mask delivers air to keep a patient’s throat open.
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NHLBI in the Press
An NHLBI-funded team of researchers developed nanoparticles that can deliver the CRISPR genome-editing system and specifically modify genes in mice, as reported in Nature Biotechnology.