The heart is the body's hardest-working muscle. Whether you're awake or asleep, or exercising or resting, your heart is always at work. It pumps blood through arteries to deliver oxygen to organs and ...

Every year, more than 200,000 people in Germany suffer a heart attack. This is caused by blocked coronary arteries. As a ...

Columbia University scientists developed a two-step RNA therapy that may repair cardiovascular tissue after a heart attack by ...

Coin-sized disks cut from the cocoon of the tasar silkworm grub provide a basic scaffold for heart muscle cells.Image: MPI for Heart and Lung Research Because damaged human-heart muscle cannot be ...

A new biomaterial delivered to the heart soon after a heart attack can heal damaged tissue from the inside out. Heart attacks kill cardiac muscle tissue, scarring the heart and leaving permanent ...

On a recent Tuesday, biomedical engineering students gathered in Clark Hall to see the fruits of their labor. After spending the better part of two weeks coaxing human induced pluripotent stem cells, ...

Following a heart attack, the human body is incapable of repairing lost tissue due to the heart's inability to generate new muscle. However, treatment with heart progenitor cells could result in the ...

Scientists develop a microneedle bandage for cardiac tissue regeneration using the mussel adhesive protein (MAP). Damaged cardiac wall is regenerated by delivering biofunctional peptides to the ...

The human body is a wonderous thing, especially when you consider how intricate and efficient each bodily system is. For instance, an adult’s blood vessels could encircle the earth 2.5 times if ...