[CCoE Notice] Reminder: Nov. 27-Regenerating Damaged Heart Muscle-Mark Mercola-UH Lecture

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Please join University of Houston's College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics on Tuesday, Nov. 27, for the final Friends of NSM Distinguished Lecture of 2012.

Regenerating Damaged Heart Muscle:
Using Stem Cells and Systems Biology to Discover Drug Targets

Mark Mercola, Ph.D.
Director, Muscle Development and Regeneration Program
Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute

Tuesday, November 27
7 pm - 8 pm

Elizabeth N. Rockwell Pavilion, UH M.D. Anderson Library

In the U.S., chronic heart failure has a 10% annual mortality rate and approximately 50% mortality after 5 years. It affects 5.4 million people, with 690,000 new cases each year. Although current medical care has improved survival, therapies do not treat the underlying cause - which is death or damage of heart muscle cells combined with increased scarring and loss of contractile function. As a result, heart failure progresses. Therapies with the potential to reverse disease progression are needed. Recent studies point to a small number of stem cells capable of regeneration. Dr. Mercola's research focuses on understanding the mechanisms of regeneration. The lab is developing small molecule and RNA-based pharmacological approaches to promote regeneration and improve the function of the damaged heart.

FREE lecture, open to the public

Kathy Major
Executive Director of Communications
College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
ksmajor at uh.edu<mailto:ksmajor at uh.edu>
713-743-4023


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