Scientists have found a novel way that includes a new lab-grown material that could help slow and even reverse some of the ...

Learn more from WebMD about connective tissue disease, including Diagnosis, Types, symptoms, ... Heart disease (your heart may become enlarged or inflamed, which can lead to heart failure) ...

Connective Tissue Cells From Lungs Fused With Heart Muscle To Form Biological Pacemaker Date: November 18, 2005 Source: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions ...

There are over 200 disorders that impact connective tissue, but there are different types. In a study published in the American Journal of Cardiology, found 60% of people with known aortic ...

Marfan syndrome affects the connective tissue in multiple parts of the body. Learn more in WebMD's guide to Marfan syndrome, an inherited disease that affects the heart.

Scarring of heart tissue can be slowed but not stopped, and can lead to heart failure. But a new study has shown that an existing immunotherapy could stop scar tissue formation after heart attacks.

Connective tissue provides the framework and support for tissues throughout the body, including bones, muscles, blood vessels, and organs. It consists of a variety of proteins, such as collagen ...

Through a carefully controlled process, Mei and colleagues created an organoid from a mixture of stem-cell-derived heart cells, stromal connective tissue cells, and endothelial cells – which line the ...

An MDC research team led by Jan Philipp Junker and Daniela Panáková has found that zebrafish can regenerate heart tissue after injury. Connective tissue cells play an important role in the ...

Heart attack (blocked blood flow to the heart that causes heart muscle to die) Pulmonary embolism (blocked blood flow to the lungs that causes lung tissue to die which can cause shortness of breath or ...