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Luisa Mestroni, M.D
Director, Molecular Genetics
Program, Adult Medical Genetics Program, Institute
Faculty Researcher
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Dr.
Mestroni was recruited in 1998 to head the Institute’s
Molecular Genetics Program.
Her Research team seeks to identify the genetic cause
of dilated cardiomyopathy, a leading cause of heart failure,
which is primarily inherited and runs in families.
Her team studies adult and child patients, conducting
clinical trials that track the appearance and progress of
familial cardiomyopathy within family populations. A primary
asset of the CU-CVI is Dr. Mestroni’s Human Genome
Project, which contains one of the largest human tissue
collections in the world, from explanted human and
experimental animal hearts.
Data from the Project has produced discoveries by
institute scientists that have resulted in new diagnostic
techniques and improvements in the way physicians and
researchers worldwide approach and treat heart failure. |
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