Your body is constantly dealing with internal and external aggressions. These attacks may be bacterial, viral, fungal, but also pollution and malfunction of some internal organs. Whatever the measures of prevention you can take, it is possible that you fall sick. When sickness comes, nothing is more important than choosing the appropriate treatment for your [...]

Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death among all the major diseases. In the United States 36 percent of the people who die do so because of some form of heart or cardiovascular disease. This number is simply staggering and points to the importance of controlling and preventing the suffering that heart disease [...]

Product DescriptionInflammation plays a key role in plaque building up in coronary arteries, which leads to heart disease and heart attack. At the early stage, the plaque can build up quickly in inflamed arteries. If inflammatory conditions persist, the plaque can expand rapidly causing blood vessel narrowing. In advanced stage, inflammation leads to development of [...]

How Do You Mend a Broken Heart? Moralities resulting from cardiovascular disease remain high, with an urgent need to develop novel treatment modalities. Ms. Hecker explores cardiovascular tissue engineering and heart regeneration.