For the first time, scientists have succeeded in artificially mimicking the ion signaling of heart muscle cells. To succeed, researchers at LiU have used organic electronics based on conductive ...

Heart cells constantly adapt to physical stress, and understanding this process may help improve future approaches to heart ...

The development of novel therapeutics offers great hope for the fight against widespread diseases such as cancer, but they can impair the cardiovascular system, so development often fails early on.

More than 800,000 Americans will have a heart attack this year. Fortunately, most will survive the traumatic event — but many will emerge with hearts damaged beyond repair. “Many tissues in your body, ...

Japanese startup Heartseed has said it conducted a clinical trial to inject via catheter small masses of heart muscle cells ...

A muscle patch crafted from stem cells has improved cardiac function in monkeys with heart disease. It is now being tested in a small number of people, with early results from the first recipient ...

No one can live without a heart pumping blood to the rest of the body. New research from the University of Missouri School of Medicine reveals more information about this vital function and how it’s ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common chronic cardiac arrhythmia in clinical practice, is very challenging to treat once it becomes persistent, after which spontaneous return to normal rhythm ...

Acute cardiac responses to marathon running include biomarker spikes and structural changes, though their long-term impact on ...