Galectin-3 is one such biomarker and has been shown to be predictive of adverse outcomes in patients with heart failure via mechanisms that are now being elucidated.
Itâs also hard to miss the vibrant tattoos that pretty much cover her entire right arm. Abbott is NASCARâs first female full-time pit crew member. The 5-foot-3 Virginia native has quite the rÃ©sumÃ© that helped her land the job - she previously changed tires on Jennifer Jo Cobb on the Camping World Truck Series.
Despite this and the historical significance of the mission, Ride insisted that she saw herself in only one wayâas an astronaut. On June 18, 1983, she became the first American woman in space as a crew member on space shuttle Challenger for STS-7. She was preceded by two Soviet women, Valentina Tereshkova in 1963 and Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982.