Left ventricular non-compaction (LVNC), a cardiomyopathy about which little is fully understood, is associated with heart failure, stroke and ventricular arrhythmias, according to a new study. The ...

Well, this is kind of a trick question. Your heart is actually a muscular organ. An organ is a group of tissues that work together to perform a specific function. In the case of your heart, this ...

Reports on stem cell therapies for post-heart attack tissue repair have described at best modest success. Most clinical trials have used bone marrow-derived cells, which are thought to promote the ...

Researchers are reporting new technology that not only repairs heart muscle cells in mice but also regenerates them following a heart attack, or myocardial infarction as its medically known.

“The two respiratory viruses (COVID and flu) look very different in the hearts of these patients.” Now, a new study in the scientific journal Immunology uses a technique known as spatial ...

Members of Theme Six are developing stem cell and cellular reprogramming strategies to treat cardiovascular diseases such as infarction in situ. The goal is to use viral vectors to induce ...

—Starting cardiac medications, using the proper timing and dosing, to optimize the efficacy of therapies and improve patient outcomes, is key to cardiac care for patients with Duchenne muscular ...

Harry A. Fozzard, a pioneer in understanding chemical and electrical signaling in heart muscle cells, passed away in his sleep Dec. 9 at his home in Dana, N.C. He was 83. Fozzard, the Otho S.A.

SALT LAKE CITY & SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TikkunLev Therapeutics, a biotechnology company developing precision therapies targeting the causal disease biology of failing heart muscle, today ...