The musculoskeletal system provides structural support, enabling movement such as walking and lifting, protecting internal ...

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of the heart could help to detect a life-threatening heart disease and enable clinicians to better predict which patients are most at risk, according to a new ...

Scientists from University College London have figured out how the cells forming the heart organize themselves at the early ...

Scientists from University College London have discovered how the cells forming the heart organize themselves at the early ...

The development of novel therapeutics offers great hope for the fight against widespread diseases such as cancer, but they ...

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine and Hannover Medical School have developed an innovative cardiac ...

The limited capacity of adult mammalian cardiomyocytes to undergo cell division and proliferation is one of the key factors contributing to heart failure. In newborn mice, cardiac proliferation occurs ...

Cardiomegaly is the enlargement of the heart. It develops when the heart muscle is placed under extreme stress due to injury, infection, hereditary defects, or other causes. In some cases, ...

Side by side comparison of heart muscle cells with and without treatment. Damage to the cells is shown in blue. On the left, tissue has been injected with saline and the damaged area is considerably ...

Oct. 23, 2021 — A pharmaceutical product called TT-10, which spurs proliferation of heart muscle cells, was thought to offer promise to treat heart attacks. In a mouse heart-attack model several ...

The therapy both prompts the immune system to encourage tissue repair and promotes survival of heart muscle cells after a heart attack. Researchers tested the therapy in rats and showed that it is ...