and is a cardiac muscle grown in a laboratory from cardiac cells derived from induced pluripotent stem cells embedded in a collagen hydrogel. The simulation of this treatment in monkeys was the ...

Not all scars are created equal. That’s the conclusion of a new study by Weizmann Institute of Science researchers: They found that two distinct types of scars, referred to as “hot” and “cold,” can ...

Since heart muscle cells don't regenerate ... Currently there is no effective treatment for cardiac scarring. Therefore, preventing or reducing fibrosis is a pressing medical need.

Living with a heart that struggles to pump effectively creates daily challenges for millions of Americans. Systolic heart ...

New Sanford Burnham Prebys scientist Ahmed Mahmoud, PhD, planned to complete his doctoral degree and enter the pharmaceutical ...

UC San Diego engineers demonstrate high-speed, all-optical method for recording voltage changes in biological cells ...

Heart attacks and cardiac arrest differ in causes, symptoms, and treatments. Learn how recognizing these emergencies improves ...

In both affected siblings, an accumulation of amorphous material immunoreactive for desmin, dystrophin and vimentin was observed in the cytoplasm of the skeletal muscle cells. An uncle and the ...

Northwestern Medicine researchers are looking at how newborns' newly developed immune systems can regenerate cardiac tissue ... signaling nearby heart muscle cells to divide and allowing the ...