Cardiac muscle tissue exists only in the heart. Here, it is responsible for keeping the heart pumping and relaxing normally. Conditions that affect this tissue can affect the heart’s ability to ...

Researchers have shown that cardiac scar tissue (fibroblasts) can be directly reprogrammed to heart muscle cells (cardiomyocytes) in mice. By treating mice post-heart attack with a virus carrying ...

Heart attacks kill cardiac muscle tissue, scarring the heart and leaving permanent damage after just six hours. The damage prevents the heart from functioning properly.

The problem with scar tissue on the heart is the fact that, unlike regular cardiac muscle tissue, it can't expand and contract. This means that the heart as a whole likewise can't expand and ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Feb. 27, 2006 – Researchers have developed a method to engineer blood vessels within the tissue of previously engineered heart muscle.

Researchers from the University of Tsukuba showed that cardiac scar tissue (fibroblasts) can be directly reprogrammed to heart muscle cells (cardiomyocytes) in mice. By treating mice post-heart ...