Daniel Gallego-Perez, Ph.D.

Researchers use novel technology to examine brown fat’s role in preserving heart health

Researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center are using novel non-viral gene therapy technology to gain insight into how to treat age-related heart disease. Researchers found that adding more brown fat or increasing the level of a fat molecule, or lipokine, released by energy-burning brown fat helps preserve heart health.

“One of the biggest things we see with aging is cardiovascular disease, which increases dramatically in patients who are over 65. Now we’re correlating it to a decrease in the lipokine 12,13-diHOME, and we’re showing directly that when we increase this lipokine that we can essentially rescue cardiac function,” said Kristin Stanford, PhD, professor in the Department of Surgery at The Ohio State University College of Medicine and associate director of the Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute… Continue reading.

WASHINGTON, D.C.— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of Daniel Gallego-Perez, Ph.D., Professor at Ohio State University to its College of Fellows.

Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to medical and biological engineers, comprised of the top two percent of engineers in these fields. College membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to “engineering and medicine research, practice, or education” and to “the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of medical and biological engineering or developing/implementing innovative approaches to bioengineering education.”

Professor Gallego-Perez was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows “for outstanding contributions to the development of nanotechnology-based platforms for non-viral gene delivery, tissue reprogramming, regenerative medicine, and cancer therapies…. Continue reading.