Leslie Lyons’s work inside her Feline Genetics and Comparative Medicine Lab, fondly called the “Lyon’s Den”, is inching closer to improving heart health for cats and humans.

“We're looking for the cause of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy,” explained Lyons. “That's a type of cardiac disease that's very common in cats and also common in humans. One of its signs is the thickening of the left ventricle of the heart.”

Which is especially noteworthy this February, during American Heart Month.

“Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a very important disease in domestic cats. Also, we know that this disease occurs in humans, too. Here at the University of Missouri, we want to promote “One Health”, and One Health includes helping our cats and having our cats help humans as well. We know this (hypertrophic cardiomyopathy) is an important aspect of human health care,” said Lyons. “Our research on the domestic cat and studying the domestic cat’s heart will help us understand human heart health.”



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