News of patches made of stem cells to repair hearts is a promising development in cardiac diseases. But, how impactful is the ...

Previous attempts to use cell therapies have failed - but early results using a new type of muscle patch look promising ...

Following successful tests on rats and rhesus monkeys, the researchers studied their approach on a 46-year-old woman with ...

Prolonged exposure to microgravity in space weakens the heart muscle and disrupts the heart’s rhythm, Johns Hopkins ...

Developed by Northwestern Engineering’s Igor Efimov and George Washington University’s Luyao Lu, the implantable device uses ...

Sheets of lab-grown muscle are being tested as a radical new treatment for heart attacks and heart failure. Promising results ...

In "remarkable" work, a patch of engineered heart muscle cells was used to strengthen a patient's heart before transplant.

Results from rhesus macaques provide solid ground for a first-in-human investigation of heart repair with stem cell-derived ...

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

Muscle patches generated from stem cells helped ease heart problems in monkeys and a human patient, in a potential advance ...

Have you ever wondered how your heart keeps working tirelessly, even when it’s damaged or under stress? It works endlessly, pumping blood and keeping you alive, but its ability to heal itself is ...