UW-Madison researchers have developed new splice-switching antisense oligonucleotides (SSOs) to shift titin protein isoform production from the smaller isoform to the larger isoform, which could allev...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a reporter cell line for identifying compounds that promote endothelial cell differentiation and nitric oxide production and identified four compounds that promot...
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UW-Madison researchers have discovered that inducing expression of the protein LRRC10 in mouse hearts promotes heart regeneration. Neonatal mice have hearts that naturally regenerate for the first wee...
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UW-Madison researchers have discovered that using allogenic arterial endothelial cells (not genetically modified to alter the immune response) perform better than hypoimmunogenic cells for producing s...
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UW-Madison researchers have discovered a novel marker in cardiac fibroblasts and myofibroblasts that reliably predicts extracellular matrix production in cultured cardiac fibroblasts. Sushi Domain Con...
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The present technology from UW Madison innovators provides a composition comprising a mixture of a source of calcium ions, alginate conjugated to an acrylate monomer (ALG-A), carboxymethylcellulose co...
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HERG-1 (human ether-a-go-go-related gene) potassium channels mediate repolarization of cardiac action potentials. Loss of function mutations in hERG-1 can result in long QT syndrome, an inherited diso...
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The present technology provide compositions that are drug delivery systems for the sustained release of anti-stenotic drugs for the treatment and prevention of occlusion of blood vessels, particularly...
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Methods of using a small molecule MYH11 agonist to inhibit intimal hyperplasia and to maintain a contractile phenotype in vitro and in vivo are described. Also described herein are methods for generat...
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The invention relates to an ex vivo generated population of tissue-specific anti-inflammatory macrophages and methods of making and using such macrophages.
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Indole is one of the most abundant heterocycles in pharmaceuticals and bioactive natural products, such as indometacin, a non-steroid anti-inflammatory drug, and vincristine, a natural product used to...
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