Scienmag Highlights Renewal of $12 Million Program Project Grant from National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Led by Dr. Raj Kishore

Thanks to the renewal of a $12 million Program Project Grant (PPG) from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), scientists at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University are able to more deeply explore novel mechanisms of heart injury and repair involving specific heart cell-derived microvesicles known as exosomes. The research could open new avenues in exosome-based treatments for heart tissue repair and regeneration. The principal investigator on the PPG renewal is Raj Kishore, PhD, Laura H. Carnell Professor and Chair of the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences and Professor in the Aging + Cardiovascular Discovery Center at the Katz School of Medicine. Three projects were devised by Dr. Kishore and colleagues Walter Koch, PhD, Professor of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at Duke University, and Douglas Tilley, PhD, Professor of Cardiovascular Sciences in the Aging + Cardiovascular Discovery Center. The award also further supports two scientific cores, one led by Dr. Kishore and the second by John Elrod, PhD, Director of the Aging + Cardiovascular Discovery Center and Professor of Cardiovascular Sciences at the Katz School of Medicine. Scienmag covered the news.