Cardiac muscle tissue, or myocardium, is a type of muscle tissue that forms the heart. It contracts and releases involuntarily and keeps the heart pumping blood around the body. The human body ...

"The latest findings highlight the potential of tissue patches derived from stem cells to treat heart failure, which remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide". Muscle patches made with ...

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

A patch made from lab-grown muscle cells boosted heart function in monkeys with cardiovascular disease and is now being ...

In our research, we analyze muscle and different types of fat to ... All the patients were tested with cardiac positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scanning to assess how ...

Muscle patches generated from stem cells helped ease heart problems in monkeys and a human patient, in a potential advance ...

Effective heart muscle restoration could be achieved.” He added: “For me as a cardiac surgeon, it is a great pleasure to be ...

Heart Rate Increase in rate of contraction of cardiac muscle - cardiac output increases Decrease in rate of contraction of cardiac muscle - cardiac output decreases Breathing Rate Smooth muscle of ...

IPS HEART has also been awarded Rare Pediatric Drug Designation for Duchenne cardiomyopathy as ISX9-CPCs have been shown to make new functional cardiac muscle. Given the death of both cardiac ...

You have full access to this article via your institution. Figure 1: Test statistic curves obtained in QTL analyses of chromosome 2 in a Wild Boar/Large White intercross.