A recent study has revealed that just one month in space can weaken engineered human heart tissue, make its ‘beating’ patterns irregular, and trigger molecular and genetic changes similar to ...

This workout seemed to help the cells mature. Visually, they began to take on the structures of human heart tissue, and the cardiomyocytes beat harder. A genetic analysis showed that these cells ...

As the most important muscle in our body, any serious issues with our heart are considered critical and reason for replacement with a donor heart. Unfortunately donor hearts are rather rare ...

The team also found one microgene—associated with human heart tissue—that cropped up after chimps and humans split off from gorillas about 7 to 9 million years ago. Intriguingly, Vakirlis and his ...

A Japanese research team found that the oxidized form of glutathione (GSSG) may protect heart tissue by modifying a key ...

Using real human heart tissue samples, the research team confirmed the model's predictions. The findings are particularly significant given the staggering number of heart cells affected by fibrosis.

Researchers have shed new light on how a type of heart valve disease—aortic valve stenosis—progresses differently in males and females. The research paves the way for treatments that can be tailored ...

Bursac recently published two papers in Nature Communications, in which his team used pluripotent stem cells to develop a fully functioning artificial human heart tissue patch large enough to ...

Scientists have developed a coffee machine-sized 3D bioprinter that produces human-like tissue in a move they hope could ...