Scientists have for the first time captured the moment a heart begins to form from embryonic stem cells. In astonishing ...

ATLANTA — What happens when you send heart cells to space? They come back transformed. Scientists discovered that after just eight days aboard the International Space Station, human heart cells ...

An international team of researchers has discovered how cholesterol can disrupt the internal functioning of the heart by ...

Human stem cells were turned into sympathetic neurons, which were then grown together with heart muscle cells. The neurons connected to the heart cells, which caused the neurons to mature further.

the team coaxed the cells to better mirror the morphology and function of cells in a human heart. This heart chip could serve as a patient avatar to simulate how his or her heart might respond to ...

Microplastics discovered in life-threatening arterial plaque are associated with strokes. A new study found altered gene ...

In 2014, Sadek saw hints that heart muscle cells in patients with LVADs might be dividing. But there was no solid proof until now. “This is the strongest evidence we have, so far, that human ...

It also shows how the pacemaker cells restart her heart after the surgery. This short film is from the BBC series, Inside the Human Body. The 3D footage brings the topic to life and would enhance ...

A new gene therapy reversed heart failure in pigs by repairing heart function through cBIN1, showing major promise for future ...

That's where Wang and colleagues come in—creating human valve cells and using them to make the pig heart valve compatible. The paper describes two major advances. How to reprogram human skin ...