Tag: heart
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Martin Gerdes, New York Institute of Technology – Heart Failure
Reducing heart failures in the U.S. could save millions of people. Martin Gerdes, professor of biomedical sciences at the New York Institute of Technology, delves into a new treatment that could help us live longer and better lives. Martin Gerdes completed his Ph.D. at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston in 1978 and…
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Alvin Shrier, McGill University – Cardiac Arrhythmia
The better we understand the heart, the better we can treat it’s ailments. Dr. Alvin Shrier, professor and Hosmer Chair of physiology at McGill University, explains his research into cardiac arrhythmia and a new method to treat it. Dr. Shrier lab is interested in ion channel function and cardiac dynamics. We study the molecular mechanisms…