New York Tech researchers receive NIH grant to improve the understanding of atherosclerosis
A New York Institute of Technology research team led by Olga V. Savinova, Ph.D., assistant professor of biomedical sciences at New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM), has secured a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. The $1.8 million grant, which includes a first-year award of $342,675, will support research to improve the understanding of atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) and deliver a new treatment for heart disease.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 30 million U.S. adults have been diagnosed with heart disease, which also causes one in every four deaths. Researchers have long believed that atherosclerosis is a risk factor in predicting heart disease-related illness and death. The buildup of calcium salts in blood vessel tissue, known as vas
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New York Tech Research Team Secures $1.8M NIH Grant to Investigate Vascular Decalcification as Heart Disease Treatment
January 27, 2021 GMT
OLD WESTBURY, N.Y., Jan. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ A New York Institute of Technology research team led by Olga V. Savinova, Ph.D., assistant professor of biomedical sciences at New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM), has secured a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. The $1.8 million grant, which includes a first-year award of $342,675, will support research to improve the understanding of atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) and deliver a new treatment for heart disease.
Vascular Decalcification as Heart Disease Treatment Examined in $1.8 Million NIH Grant
New York Tech research team uses computational models to map the blood flow impact of increased calcification
Heavily calcified coronary arteries seen on a CT scan of the heart. Research at the New York Institute of Technology will create blood flow modeling to show the impact of calcium in arteries as part of a project to develop treatments to remove calcium.
January 27, 2021 A New York Institute of Technology research team has secured a five-year $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute for research to improve the understanding of atherosclerosis and deliver a new treatment for heart disease.