Researchers have developed a new hydrogel biomaterial that adheres to heart tissue to prevent scar tissue formation after a heart attack and its consequences.
Hydrogel Could Repair Heart Muscle After Heart Attacks
Researchers hope that this hydrogel will do exactly that to fundamentally improve clinical practice. They have recently received the prestigious George Winter Award 2022 from the European Society for Biomaterials. The consortium includes seven industry and academic partners across Ireland, Spain, Belgium, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, and the Netherlands.
Heart Attack - Overview
Heart attack is the death of the heart muscle due to loss of blood supply. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Other names for heart attack include acute myocardial infarction, coronary thrombosis, and coronary occlusion.
Heart attack is the death of the heart muscle due to loss of blood supply. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Other names for heart attack include acute myocardial infarction, coronary thrombosis, and coronary occlusion.
‘Newly developed hydrogel will reduce the enormous burden that a heart attack places on society and the individual patient.’
The hydrogel solution being developed by the team is bispecific, which means that its properties or activities vary according to the specific biological molecule it interacts with. It will have enhanced adhesion to cardiac tissue and is made of a degradable biomaterial that would be administered to the patient through an intravenous, endocardial catheter. This EU funding recognizes the importance of tackling economic and personal health burdens and adds to the €70 million in EU investment generated by CÚRAM researchers during its first eight years. ELR-SCAR draws on collaborations across Western and Eastern European countries to work on the project's regulatory, manufacturing, and clinical need.
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Novel Chip To Study Heart Attack
A microscale model can reproduce essential components of a myocardial infarction and could one day serve as a testbed for novel tailored cardiac medications.
A microscale model can reproduce essential components of a myocardial infarction and could one day serve as a testbed for novel tailored cardiac medications.
Quiz on Heart Attack
The risk factors that work behind the scene before a heart attack are familiar to many. But do you realize the extent to which your lifestyle choices are putting your life at risk? Can you identify a heart attack when it occurs? Take our quiz and find out.
The risk factors that work behind the scene before a heart attack are familiar to many. But do you realize the extent to which your lifestyle choices are putting your life at risk? Can you identify a heart attack when it occurs? Take our quiz and find out.
