Despite being mainly composed of terminally differentiated myocytes that cannot re-enter the cell cycle, the heart is not a postmitotic organ and maintains some capacity to form new parenchymal ...

Sustained exposure to pathological stress stimulates the heart to hypertrophy ... adversely modulates myocyte calcium regulation and is pro-growth and pro-arrhythmic, though targeted drug ...

There are notable differences between men and women in their susceptibility to many human diseases, including cardiovascular ...

Research into the protective effects of two anti-inflammatory molecules following a heart attack has found that two proteins reduce the inflammatory response and scarring within the injured heart.