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No one can live without a heart pumping blood to the rest of the body. New research from the University of Missouri School of Medicine reveals more information about this vital function and how it's related to certain heart ...
Jul 23, 2025
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Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have discovered that amniotic fluid stem cells can be safely collected from vaginal fluid after childbirth rather than relying on more invasive methods that ...
Jul 15, 2025
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Exercising is healthy, but it also puts strain on the heart. During physical exertion, the protein troponin is released—a biomarker indicative of cardiac damage. New research from Radboudumc involving a thousand athletes ...
Jun 16, 2025
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A study published today in the journal Developmental Cell uncovers new insights into how the heart forms during the earliest stages of embryonic development.
May 29, 2025
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Researchers at UCL and the Francis Crick Institute have, for the first time, identified the origin of cardiac cells using 3D images of a heart forming in real-time, inside a living mouse embryo.
May 13, 2025
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Adult human hearts possess limited regenerative abilities, so losing cardiomyocytes (CMs) after injury can result in contractile dysfunction and heart failure. In contrast, neonatal mammalian hearts can regenerate, though ...
Feb 24, 2025
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Heart disease is the number one killer of men and women, but it often presents differently depending on sex. There are sex differences in the incidence, outcomes, and age of onset of different types of heart problems. Some ...
Feb 18, 2025
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In a surprising discovery, scientists have found that the heart possesses "sweet taste" receptors, similar to those on our tongues, and that stimulating these receptors with sweet substances can modulate the heartbeat. This ...
Feb 17, 2025
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Results from rhesus macaques provide solid ground for a first-in-human investigation of heart repair with stem cell-derived engineered heart muscle. The study is a milestone for the clinical application of the "heart patch" ...
Jan 29, 2025
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A team of researchers led by Emory's Chunhui Xu recently found that heart muscle cells can grow and survive in the microgravity environment of space. The team's findings, published in Biomaterials, show promise for developing ...
Jan 21, 2025
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