Wednesday, December 27, 2006

My research experiments on sheep heart tissue are finally published!

During my undergraduate studies I conducted some research at the 'National Heart and Lung Institute'; the findings of which have finally been published in the 'biophysiology journal' - Please visit the webpage below:

http://meeting.biophysj.org/cgi/reprint/80/1/384/b.pdf

My name in the paper is spelt Wasim Ahmed and the article is a wee bit technical but then we are talking about ground breaking research! - The research involved trying to elucidate the properties of a cardiac receptor in sheep heart muscle by looking at the way it interacted with various chemicals (Suramin and Calmodulin). The research will hopefully lead to a better understanding of how the human heart works and how to better treat heart-attack victims.