Despite its importance, the heart is one of the few tissues in the human body that can't repair damage very well – or at ...

For decades, the human heart was seen as a one-chance organ-once damaged, forever scarred. But a groundbreaking discovery from Australia is now challenging that belief, revealing that the human heart ...

Researchers have shown that cardiac scar tissue (fibroblasts) can be directly reprogrammed to heart muscle cells (cardiomyocytes) in mice. By treating mice post-heart attack with a virus carrying ...

Some phrases are commonly used and are only sometimes valid when said. For those of us in the Pacific Northwest, an example could be using the term “It’s freezing out.” This phrase is often used when ...

It is estimated that during a heart attack, one billion cells in the heart are lost. In the wake of the heart attack, the lost tissue is replaced by scar tissue, which can lead to heart failure, ...

An Australian study has found that human heart muscle cells can regenerate after a heart attack, challenging long-held ...