Posts Tagged ‘heart disease’

Powerful X-rays reveal the tiny "crime scene" of one of arrhythmia's culprits. (Image: Van Petegem Lab, UBC) Powerful X-rays reveal the tiny "crime scene" of one of arrhythmia's culprits. (Image: Van Petegem Lab, UBC)

Arrhythmia culprit caught in action

Feb. 17, 2013 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed, Science, Health and Technology | Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

Using powerful X-rays, University of British Columbia researchers have reconstructed a crime scene too small for any microscope to observe – and caught the culprit of arrhythmia in action.

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Dr. Karin Humphries, the new UBC Heart and Stroke Foundation Professor in Women’s Cardiovascular Health

New UBC professorship focuses on women’s cardiovascular health

Oct. 19, 2011 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: , , , , , ,

The first research program in British Columbia to focus on gender-based differences in cardiovascular disease has been established by the University of British Columbia and Providence Health Care.

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UBC researchers shine light on congenital heart disease “hot spots” using Canadian Light Source

Nov. 3, 2010 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Using the Canadian Light Source synchrotron and the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, a team of researchers from the University of British Columbia has shed light on the ryanodine receptor, a structure within muscle cells that has been linked to life-threatening congenital heart conditions.

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