This unexpected ability opens the door for scientists to stimulate cellular mitosis and improve heart function after an attack.

The human heart can grow new cells in damaged areas after suffering from a heart attack, an Australian study shows. Heart attacks occur when blood flow to the heart is severely reduced or blocked due ...

Researchers discovered a feedback loop between nerve cells, the immune system and the heart. They think it shows promise as a ...

In order for heart and vascular cells to develop properly and remain healthy for a long time, many processes in the cells must interact precisely. A new study from the German Center for Cardiovascular ...

Around 64 million people worldwide suffer from heart failure, and nearly half die within the first five years of diagnosis ...

Your heart will not just give you fear and uncertainty after a heart attack; it can leave scar tissue that stiffens your heart and limits your strength. Many people learn to live with that loss, but ...

While current clinical trials for cardiac regeneration using induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (iPSC-CMs) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You probably know someone who is affected by cancer. This disease results when cells divide uncontrollably and can make a person ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have discovered that the heart's own contractions trigger biological signals that guide the formation of a functional beating heart. Their study in zebrafish ...

Pioneering research by experts at the University of Sydney, the Baird Institute and the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney has shown that heart muscle cells regrow after a heart attack, opening up ...