When a cardiac muscle cell contracts, the myosin filament pulls the actin filaments toward each other, which causes the cell to shrink. The cell uses ATP to power this contraction. A single myosin ...

A patch made from lab-grown muscle cells boosted heart function in monkeys with cardiovascular disease and is now being tested in humans ...

Innovative muscle patches derived from stem cells demonstrate efficacy in heart repair, improving function in primates and a ...

A team of researchers led by Emory's Chunhui Xu recently found that heart muscle cells can grow and survive in the microgravity environment of space. The team's findings, published in Biomaterials, ...

Members of Theme Six are developing stem cell and ... loss of heart muscle after myocardial infarction. One current approach is to investigate gene pathways, many of which are important in heart ...

Before considering specific inhibitors of cardiac hypertrophy, it is worth summarizing what one is trying to reverse. The heart is composed of multiple cell types, including muscle cells ...