Novoheart specimen at the lab in Hong Kong. The heart-like structure is made from stem cells and is used in drug testing. (Novoheart) ...

Regenerative heart therapies involve transplanting cardiac muscle cells into damaged areas of the heart to recover lost function. However, the risk of arrhythmias following this procedure is ...

Solving a deadly complication A potential complication has been identified in stem cell-derived heart muscle grafts— ventricular arrhythmias. Ventricular arrhythmias cause the heart to beat too ...

The study was funded by an American Heart Association Postdoctoral Award (18POST33990469) the National Institutes of Health (R01 HL148714, R00 HL141626) and a Department of Defense Award (PR171540).

In their current study the scientists produced the first high-resolution image of the cardiac thick filament spanning across several regions in the sarcomere. “With 500 nanometer length this makes for ...

Researchers have identified a crucial growth factor, BMP7, capable of stimulating cardiac muscle cell proliferation and regeneration, potentially offering new treatments for heart injuries. This ...