Until now, there have been few therapeutic options for children with severely reduced heart pump function. Recently, surgical ...

Engineers interested in creating artificial cells to deliver drugs to unhealthy parts of the body face a key challenge: for a ...

In heart failure, the heart can no longer supply the body with enough blood. The condition often develops over many years, ...

Yes, cardiac muscle is striated. Although it works involuntarily like smooth muscle, cardiac muscle has visible striations (striped patterns) under a microscope, similar to skeletal muscle. These ...

Researchers boosted levels of a heart-healing hormone in mice and pigs with a single injection of a new, experimental form of self-amplifying RNA that prolonged hormone synthesis for many weeks. When ...

More than 800,000 Americans will have a heart attack this year. Fortunately, most will survive the traumatic event — but many will emerge with hearts damaged beyond repair. “Many tissues in your body, ...

You’re relaxing on the sofa when suddenly your eyelid starts twitching. Or perhaps it’s a muscle in your arm, your leg, or your foot that begins to spasm – sometimes for a few seconds, sometimes for ...

A novel urine biomarker identified significant differences in muscle health between menopausal and nonmenopausal women, based on data from 113 individuals. Menopause is known to accelerate muscle loss ...

Papillary muscle scarring (papSCAR) is prevalent in one-third of DCM patients and predicts cardiac death independently. The FIDDLE technique significantly improves papSCAR detection sensitivity ...

Rick Ruppert had two serious health scares in 10 years, a cardiac arrest score and cancer. His strength and willingness to put others first has left an impression on his sons. Brothers Gunner and ...

For over a decade, scientists have been growing organoids - small clusters of cells that mimic a particular organ - to serve as miniature biological models. Organoids of the brain have been used to ...