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The Regenerative Edge on Substack, plus digests on Medium. For the research directions behind them, see Research.
May 25, 2026 · 1 min read
CardioRegen Brief · Week 5
Molecular gatekeepers of cardiomyocyte proliferation, in vivo reprogramming of cardiac fibroblasts, and cell cycle arrest in cardiomyocytes · three papers unpacked with clinical relevance and limitations.
Regeneration · Cardiology · Cell Biology
May 18, 2026 · 3 min read
CardioRegen Brief · Week 4: Cardiac Patches, Organoids & Reprogramming
Scalable cardiomyocyte production in bioreactors, engineered heart muscle allografts in primates and a first human case (BioVAT-HF), and fibroblast reprogramming progress in JACC.
Organoids · Tissue Engineering · Translation
May 12, 2026 · 1 min read
CardioRegen Brief · Week 3
A broad-spectrum week: stem cell technology for cardiac regeneration, post-MI repair strategies across cell therapy, in vivo reprogramming and tissue engineering, and fibroblast conversion into cardiomyocytes.
Stem Cells · Post-MI · Fibroblast Reprogramming
May 4, 2026 · 1 min read
Cardiac Regen Brief · Week 2
Primitive macrophage secretome driving cardiomyocyte proliferation, multilineage cardiac co-differentiation systems, and maturation of cardiac organoids for functional disease modeling.
Paracrine Signaling · Organoids · Maturation
Apr 27, 2026 · 2 min read
Cardiac Regen Brief · Week 1
Extracellular vesicles as cell-free cardiac therapy, metabolic control of cardiomyocyte regenerative capacity, and a documented human case of near-complete cardiac recovery in a neonate.
Extracellular Vesicles · Metabolism · Human Case
Mar 22, 2026 · 2 min read
Ticking Time Bombs: Heart Disease in Today's Youth
The silent epidemic of hypertension and high cholesterol in children and young adults · and why cardiovascular research continues to underrepresent the under-40 demographic at its own peril.
Public Health · Youth CVD · Epidemiology