Center for Cardiovascular and Muscular Diseases CCMD
Distinguished Cardiovascular and Muscular Diseases Seminar Series
Speaker
Fabio Rossi, MD
Professor, Department of Medical Genetics
Director, Biomedical Research Centre
The University of British Columbia
Seminar Abstract: Chronic or excessive damage leads to a failure of regenerate. Lost tissue is replaced by fibrotic scars that interfere with function and subsequent therapeutic attempts. The same stromal progenitors both support regeneration and give rise to fibrosis. Dr. Rossi will present on topics ranging from the basic mechanisms controlling the function of skeletal and cardiac muscle fibro-adipogenic progenitors to translational strategies aimed at reducing fibrosis in muscular dystrophy and following myocardial infarction.