Rebuilding a broken heart: lessons from developmental and regenerative biology.
In May 2016, the annual Weinstein Cardiovascular Development and Regeneration Conference was held in Durham, North Carolina, USA. The meeting assembled leading investigators, junior scientists and trainees from around the world to discuss developmental and regenerative biological approaches to understanding the etiology of congenital heart defects and the repair of diseased cardiac tissue. In this Meeting Review, we present several of the major themes that were discussed throughout the meeting and highlight the depth and range of research currently being performed to uncover the causes of human cardiac diseases and develop potential therapies.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, and Institute for Translational Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd., Galveston, TX 77555, USA nmmartin@utmb.edu michael_bressan@med.unc.edu.
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Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, McAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 111 Mason Farm Rd, 6341C MBRB, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA nmmartin@utmb.edu michael_bressan@med.unc.edu.
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D000818:Animals; D015509:Developmental Biology / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D006321:Heart / Q000196:embryology / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009657:North Carolina; D012038:Regeneration / Q000502:physiology*; D044968:Regenerative Medicine / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends
Congenital heart defects; Heart development; Regeneration