Research from the Yale School of Medicine indicates that a protein kinase that is a master regulator of cell metabolism is critical to preventing atrial
April 06, 2021
Computed Tomography Scan
More than seven years ago Albert J. Sinusas, MD, a professor of medicine, radiology, and biomedical engineering, was working with a team of engineers for development of an imageable polymer for prevention of adverse remodeling after a heart attack when they inadvertently discovered that when iodine, a contrast agent used for X-ray imaging, is packed in a nanoparticle there is greater absorption of X-rays potentially improving visibility.
In development of this new concept Sinusas, who directs the Yale Translational Research Imaging Center (Y-TRIC), turned to Tarek Fahmy, PhD, an associate professor of biomedical engineering and Dongin (Donoven) Kim, PhD, now an assistant professor at the University of Oklahoma, and one of the first Y-TRIC trainees supported by an NIH T32 grant for training in multi-modality molecular and translational cardiovascular imaging, which was just renewed for an additional five years of funding.