[HTML][HTML] Cardiovascular disease models: a game changing paradigm in drug discovery and screening

H Savoji, MH Mohammadi, N Rafatian, MK Toroghi… - Biomaterials, 2019 - Elsevier
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. Although investment in
drug discovery and development has been sky-rocketing, the number of approved drugs has …

The sheep as a large animal model for the investigation and treatment of human disorders

A Banstola, JNJ Reynolds - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary We review the value of large animal models for improving the translation of
biomedical research for human application, focusing primarily on sheep. Abstract An …

Methods to assess shear-thinning hydrogels for application as injectable biomaterials

MH Chen, LL Wang, JJ Chung, YH Kim… - ACS biomaterials …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Injectable hydrogels have gained popularity as a vehicle for the delivery of cells, growth
factors, and other molecules to localize and improve their retention at the injection site, as …

[HTML][HTML] PPARdelta activation induces metabolic and contractile maturation of human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes

NM Wickramasinghe, D Sachs, B Shewale… - Cell Stem Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Pluripotent stem-cell-derived cardiomyocytes (PSC-CMs) provide an unprecedented
opportunity to study human heart development and disease, but they are functionally and …

Animal models and animal-free innovations for cardiovascular research: current status and routes to be explored. Consensus document of the ESC Working Group on …

J van der Velden, FW Asselbergs… - Cardiovascular …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Cardiovascular diseases represent a major cause of morbidity and mortality, necessitating
research to improve diagnostics, and to discover and test novel preventive and curative …

Nutrition and metabolism: Foundations for animal growth, development, reproduction, and health

G Wu - Recent advances in animal nutrition and metabolism, 2022 - Springer
Consumption of high-quality animal protein plays an important role in improving human
nutrition, growth, development, and health. With an exponential growth of the global …

Cardiac ageing: extrinsic and intrinsic factors in cellular renewal and senescence

NA Gude, KM Broughton, F Firouzi… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Cardiac ageing manifests as a decline in function leading to heart failure. At the cellular
level, ageing entails decreased replicative capacity and dysregulation of cellular processes …

Long-term in vivo study of biodegradable Zn-Cu stent: a 2-year implantation evaluation in porcine coronary artery

C Zhou, HF Li, YX Yin, ZZ Shi, T Li, XY Feng, JW Zhang… - Acta biomaterialia, 2019 - Elsevier
In the present study, a novel biodegradable Zn-0.8 Cu coronary artery stent was fabricated
and implanted into porcine coronary arteries for up to 24 months. Micro-CT analysis showed …

Ten years of the horse reference genome: insights into equine biology, domestication and population dynamics in the post‐genome era

T Raudsepp, CJ Finno, RR Bellone… - Animal …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The horse reference genome from the Thoroughbred mare Twilight has been available for a
decade and, together with advances in genomics technologies, has led to unparalleled …

Rabbits and men: relating their ages

S Dutta, P Sengupta - Journal of basic and clinical physiology and …, 2018 - degruyter.com
Rabbit, a member of the Lagomorpha order, is the closest phylogenetic relative to humans,
next to primates. It possesses greater acceptability as a laboratory mammal than primates in …