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

DALLAS About 6.7 million American adults are living with heart failure (HF), and prevalence is expected to reach more than 8 million by 2030.[1] While there is no cure for HF, many people with this ...

Patches of beating, lab-grown muscle sewn into failing hearts can keep patients alive for years while they wait for a ...

The diagnosis of heart failure can be frightening. When people first hear the term, they assume the worst. But there have been many advances in the treatment of ...

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

Scientists have developed lab-grown patches composed of beating heart muscle to aid patients with advanced heart failure. Tested successfully on anima ...

Damaged hearts could be mended using small "patches" of heart muscle grown in the lab, say scientists writing in Nature. The ...

Heart disease remains the top global killer. Learn about its impact on health, key risk factors, and approaches to prevention ...

A specially designed drug prevented laboratory mice from developing heart failure after heart attacks, according to new ...

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

About 6.7 million American adults are living with heart failure (HF), and prevalence is expected to reach more than 8 million by 2030.

Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States has a heart attack, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...