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A new review in Biological Research surveys cardiac stem and progenitor cell populations, finding that classic markers c-kit ...

Heart cells stay fueled up by burning multiple energy sources simultaneously—a unique ability that's crucial to preventing ...

In the event of a heart attack, the affected part of the heart muscle can no longer be supplied with oxygen and nutrients. As ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Despite its importance, the heart is one of the few tissues in the human body that can't repair damage very well – or at least, ...

A pacemaker runs on a battery that eventually runs out of power, inside a heart that never stops moving. In a lab dish, ...

A cardiac magnetic resonance study of 71 asymptomatic primary Sjögren syndrome patients found subclinical myocardial ...

Researchers at the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) and the University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH) have made a significant breakthrough in the treatment of severe heart failure: For ...

The heart is the body's hardest-working muscle. Whether you're awake or asleep, or exercising or resting, your heart is always at work. It pumps blood through arteries to deliver oxygen to organs and ...

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, ...

A few years ago, biomedical scientist Jonathan Tsui flew to Florida with unique baggage. He toted compact chambers—smaller than a cell phone—containing 48 bits of human heart tissue. Tsui brought the ...