Only cardiac muscle tissue, comprising cells called myocytes, is present in the heart. In this article, we discuss the structure and function of cardiac muscle tissue. We also cover medical ...

A dietary supplement developed at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute has been found to stop the progression of heart ...

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

Developed by Northwestern Engineering’s Igor Efimov and George Washington University’s Luyao Lu, the implantable device uses ...

Following successful tests on rats and rhesus monkeys, the researchers studied their approach on a 46-year-old woman with ...

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

A new biological patch, designed from heart cells grown in the laboratory, could bring a glimmer of hope in the treatment of ...

Members of Theme Six are developing stem cell and cellular reprogramming strategies ... involves in vivo reprogramming of cardiac fibroblasts into cardiac muscle as a way to enhance heart function ...

This is especially problematic in cases of blocked blood vessels, which can repeatedly starve large areas of the heart of ...

The heart is composed of multiple cell types ... Does the agent prevent cardiac dilation, improve intrinsic muscle function, reduce fibrosis and improve cardiac vascular supply/demand balance?

Innovative muscle patches derived from stem cells demonstrate efficacy in heart repair, improving function in primates and a ...