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Cure Research for Atherosclerosis

Medications currently used in research into the treatment of Atherosclerosis:

Note:You must always seek professional medical advice about any treatment or change in treatment plans.

Some of the different medications being used in the research into treatment of Atherosclerosis include:

Curable Types of Atherosclerosis

Possibly curable or rare types of Atherosclerosis include:

  • Dyslipoproteinemia related atherosclerosis
  • Diabetes related atherosclerosis
  • Stroke related atherosclerosis
  • Coronary heart disease related atherosclerosis
  • more curable types...»

Rare Types of Atherosclerosis:

Some rare types of Atherosclerosis include:

  • Hyperthyroidism related atherosclerosis
  • Homocysteinemia related atherosclerosis
  • Hyperuricemia related atherosclerosis
  • more rare types...»

Latest Treatments for Atherosclerosis

Some of the more recent treatments for Atherosclerosis include:

Treatments for Atherosclerosis

Treatments to consider for Atherosclerosis may include:

Medical Research Breakthroughs and Atherosclerosis

Reprogrammed skin cells may be used to treat the heart: Stem cell researchers at UCLA were able to grow functioning cardiac cells using mouse skin cells that had been reprogrammed into cells with the same unlimited properties as embryonic stem cells, showing that show that induced pluripotent stem cells or iPS cells, which don't involve the use of embryos or eggs, can be differentiated into the three types of cardiovascular cells needed to repair the heart and blood vessels. This finding could one day lead to clinical trials of new treatments for people who suffer heart attacks, have atherosclerosis or are in heart failure and blood diseases. Theoretically, iPS cells are able to differentiate into 220 different cells types. These cells were cultured on a protein matrix known to direct embryonic stem cells into differentiating into cardiovascular progenitor cells, immature heart cells that can give rise to mature cardiac cells that perform different functions. The progenitor cells were then isolated from the other iPS cells that did not differentiate using a protein marker called KDR, a growth factor receptor expressed on the surface of the progenitor cells. Once isolated, the cardiovascular progenitor cells were coaxed into becoming cardiomyoctyes that control heartbeat, endothelial cells, which form rudimentary blood vessels, and vascular smooth muscle cells, the specialized cells that line blood vessel walls. Once mature, the cardiomyocytes beat in the Petri dish. The use of iPS cells may solve the problems associated with the use of embryonic stem cells such as tumour formation and rejection. If the iPS cells come from the patient, rejection should not be an issue. Additionally, the use of cells that are already partially transformed into specific cardiac cell types may prevent tumour growth. The study hope that based on this work in mice, it can show that similar cardiovascular progenitor cells can be found in human iPS cells and, using a similar strategy and the progenitor cells can be isolated and differentiated the cells types found in the human heart.

Cure Research discussion for Atherosclerosis:

Currently, a debate is raging over how the various mutated forms of apolipoprotein E effect the body. As a result, many of the treatments proposed remain in their experimental phase. While mice are proving useful for modeling the human disease, a great deal of research is still required before we can fully understand the mechanisms that regulate the levels of lipoproteins --- like apolipoprotein E --- in the blood. (Source: Genes and Disease by the National Center for Biotechnology)

Medical research for Atherosclerosis: medical news summaries:

The following medical news items are relevant to medical research for Atherosclerosis:

Atherosclerosis Treatment: Book Excerpts

Clinical Trials for Atherosclerosis

Some of the clinical trials for Atherosclerosis include:


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