Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death globally, with WHO estimates stating it represents 32% of deaths ...

Using a gene-screening method they created, Stanford Medicine researchers may have discovered why an effective chemotherapy ...

At the cellular level, inflammation triggers molecular pathways that contribute to an increase in the size (hypertrophy) of ...

Oxford University researchers have made a significant step toward realizing a form of "biological electricity" that could be ...

Heart failure is responsible for 13 percent of deaths worldwide, and half of patients die within 5 years. New therapies are ...

In this valuable study, the authors used an elegant genetic approach to delete EED at the post-neural crest induction stage. The usage of the single-cell RNA-seq analysis method is extremely suitable ...

BACKGROUND: Cardiomyocytes in the adult human heart show a regenerative capacity, with an annual renewal rate of ≈0.5%. Whether this regenerative capacity of human cardiomyocytes is employed in heart ...

Introduction: Our previous studies have shown that sustained activation of the DNA damage response (DDR) in cardiomyocytes leads to p53/p21 activation and cardiac dysfunction. Although the DDR ...

A research team reported recently that heart muscle cells grown from induced pluripotent stem cells can integrate into the hearts of monkeys with a state of pressure overload.