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Late-breaking Research Reports

Background: Medication non-adherence is a major reason for poor outcomes in schizophrenia. Long-acting injectable (LAI) risperidone microspheres, the first LAI second generation antipsychotic (SGA), may improve adherence and thereby outcomes, but has not been tested in a long-term randomized trial of unstable patients, against flexibly prescribed oral treatment. Methods: Patients with schizophr...

Late - Breaking Basic

s 5285–5294 5285 Differentiation of Cardiac Progenitor Cells Into Myocytes Is Regulated by miR-499 Toru Hosoda, Hanqiao Zheng, Noriko Ide-Iwata, Domenico D’Amario, Konrad Urbanek, Marcello Rota, Jan Kajstura, Piero Anversa, Annarosa Leri; Brigham & Womens Hosp, Boston, MA Cardiac progenitor cells (CPCs) delivered to the infarcted heart generate a large number of small cardiomyocytes which fail ...

Late-breaking News

It has been quite a while since I’ve written one of these columns. Our production team (whose names may be found on the back of the title page) has grown to include some new members. Most notable of these has been Karl Berry, who has provided technical input, editorial input, as well as having gone out and “beat the bushes” to obtain new and interesting articles. The major problem over the past...

Late Breaking Science posters

Background: Endothelial cells (ECs) are plastic cells that switch between growth/senescence states: they divide and migrate upon proangiogenic stimulation and become senescence in response to various physiologic stresses. Cellular senescence is associated with cellular dysfunction and has been shown to occur in vivo in age-related cardiovascular diseases. Purpose: Adjusting endothelial metaboli...

Late Breaking Abstracts