Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have discovered that the heart's own contractions trigger biological signals that ...

The heartbeat is synonymous with life. It's one of the first essential functions to begin during development and to end at ...

A new type of tissue-engineered cardiac patch could not only seal defective areas of the heart, as has been the case up to ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have discovered that the heart's own contractions trigger biological signals that ...

A preclinical study led by the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai challenges the assumption that blocking the NCX1 protein ...

Internationally-renowned cardiologist and scientist, Dr. Michael Gollob, and his research assistant Qiuju Li, conduct experiments to better understand how gene mutations change how heart cells ...

November 22, 2011 (Orlando, Florida) — Results from a small phase 1 study provide some reason for optimism in the treatment of ischemic cardiomyopathy with autologous cardiac stem cells (CSCs) [1].

A 'miniature human heart' created from stem cells beats on its own. Made for the drug industry, these hearts will be used to test the effects of news drugs on cardiac tissues.

Heart muscle cells need exercise – even when they grow outside the human body. A new device designed by researchers at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering uses a ...