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How the heart is built in the womb

Posted on July 9, 2018 by Hippocratic Post

Understanding how the heart is built in the womb could help develop drugs and techniques to repair it in adult life, according to University of Aberdeen researchers who have secured funding to investigate the details of this important process. Around 420 people die every day in the UK as a result of cardiovascular disease, according […]

Drug ‘melts away’ fat inside arteries

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Hippocratic Post

A new drug being trialled for treating breast cancer and diabetes has been shown to ‘melt away’ the fat inside arteries that can cause heart attacks and strokes. Researchers from the University of Aberdeen, using pre-clinical mouse models, showed that just a single dose of the drug (Trodusquemine) completely reversed the effects of a disease […]