Chunhui Xu and her team leveraged the ISS National Laboratory ® for cardiac cell research to accelerate the development of cell-based regenerative therapies that could one day reverse heart damage.

Heart cells grown in space showed stronger survival, better function, and boosted healing traits. Spaceflight changed key ...

Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, accounting for one in five deaths. The inability of ...

In nearly 140 of these sites, the team found genes involved in muscle cell contraction and communication and heart muscle development. These genes are also more likely to be expressed in atrial ...

An all-new approach to treat heart failure. With eight clinical trial surgeries completed, we explore Osaka University's ...

The Danish drugmaker has acquired exclusive rights outside Japan to Heartseed's HS-001 therapy based on heart muscle cells (cardiomyocytes) derived from human stem cells, and is due to start the ...

Heart attacks occur when the heart muscle is damaged by reduced blood flow ... focused on increasing the body's supply of regulatory T-cells (Tregs), which modulate the immune system and help ...