U-Iowa study helps advance heart-related research

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Thu, 12/03/2009 - 23:00

(University of Iowa) Using a new mathematical model of heart cells, University of Iowa investigators have shown how activation of a critical enzyme, calmodulin kinase II (CaM kinase), disrupts the electrical activity of heart cells.

By targeting this enzyme's activity, it may be possible to prevent or treat heart disease and associated electrical rhythm disturbances

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