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Media coverage
Title BBC Radio Manchester and BBC NWT Media name/outlet BBC Radio Manchester Media type Radio Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 9/06/22 Description BBC Radio Manchester mentioned research at our university which helps heart attack victims to make a full recovery. The study led by Katharine King developed a gel that can be injected directly into the heart to repair the damage caused by a heart attack. Persons Katharine King Title New biodegradable gel could 'repair damage caused by heart attack' Media name/outlet ITV Granada Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 8/06/22 Description A new biodegradable gel has been developed by the University of Manchester to repair damage caused by a heart attack.
Experts at the university, backed by the British Heart Foundation (BHF), created the substance, which can be injected directly into the beating heart.
The gel - made of amino acids called peptides, the building blocks of proteins - works as a scaffold for injected cells to grow new tissue.
It behaves like a liquid when it is under stress as the peptides disassemble, and then work to reassemble, making it a solid.
This holds the cells in place as they graft onto the heart.URL https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2022-06-07/new-biodegradable-gel-could-repair-damage-caused-by-heart-attack Persons Katharine King Title Special gel could repair damage caused by heart attacks, study suggests Media name/outlet Mail Online Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 8/06/22 Description A biodegradable gel could regenerate tissue and repair damage caused by heart attacks, a study suggests.
Researchers from the University of Manchester and the British Heart Foundation found the gel could deliver cells directly into a living heart – and help them to flourish and grow.
The gel is made of amino acids called peptides, which are the building blocks of proteins.URL https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10894869/Special-gel-repair-damage-caused-heart-attacks-study-suggests.html Persons Katharine King Title New biodegradable gel could 'repair damage cause by heart attack' Media name/outlet The Express Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 8/06/22 Description A new biodegradable gel has been developed to repair the damage caused by a heart attack. Experts at the University of Manchester, backed by the British Heart Foundation (BHF), created the substance, which can be injected directly into the beating heart. URL https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1622007/heart-attack-biodegradable-gel-manchester-university-bhf Persons Katharine King Title Gel that repairs heart attack damage could improve health of millions Media name/outlet The Guardian Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 8/06/22 Description British researchers have developed a biodegradable gel to repair damage caused by a heart attack in a breakthrough that could improve the health of millions of survivors worldwide.
There are more than 100,000 hospital admissions every year due to heart attacks in the UK alone – one every five minutes. Medical advances mean more people than ever before survive, with 1.4 million Britons alive today after experiencing a heart attack. But hearts have a very limited ability to regenerate, meaning survivors are left at risk of heart failure and other health problems.URL https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jun/08/gel-repairs-heart-attack-damage-improve-health-millions Persons Katharine King
Keywords
- heart disease