Reference: “Rbm20 antisense oligonucleotides alleviate diastolic dysfunction in a mouse model of cardiometabolic heart failure (HFpEF)” by Mei Methawasin, Stefan Meinke, Michael H Radke, Gerrie P ...

Michael Gotthardt at the Max Delbrück Center and collaborators are developing a drug to treat a common type of heart failure characterized by impaired cardiac filling. In a recent study, his group and ...

Drosophila -- known as fruit flies -- are a valuable model for human heart pathophysiology, including cardiac aging and cardiomyopathy. However, a choke point in evaluating fruit fly hearts is the ...

COLUMBUS, Oh. - Yardwork makes Cecil Hamilton happy. Until very recently, it was impossible. His legs would hurt and he was constantly out of breath. Hamilton had diastolic heart failure, or DHF. The ...