09/29/2026
Every heartbeat depends on a network of proteins working together with remarkable precision. A single genetic mutation can disrupt that balance and eventually lead to heart disease.
With a $2.59 million National Institutes of Health grant, Jil Tardiff, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Medicine at the University of Arizona, will trace how those changes unfold at the molecular level over the next four years.
"We want to understand the molecular events that occur at the very beginning of the disease process," Tardiff said. "If we understand those earliest changes, we can begin thinking about treatments that intervene before the heart has already remodeled."
With the NIH award, Tardiff believes the team's years of foundational work have positioned them to make significant advances.🫀🧬
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