Portable and affordable all-optical system for testing lab-on-a-chip human hearts
The heart is an electromechanical organ whose functioning can be captured in the form of electrical voltage pulses, calcium ion ...
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Hearts and bodies change with age, heart disease treatments may need to change, too
Statement Highlights: A new American Heart Association scientific statement provides updated information about how aging influences the diagnosis and treatment ...
Hearts from donors who were COVID-19 positive may be safe for transplantation
DALLAS, Oct. 31, 2022 — Donor hearts from people who were COVID-19-positive appeared to be as safe for transplantation as ...
Pitt study explains why adults’ hearts don’t regenerate
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 24, 2022 — As heart cells mature in mice, the number of communication pathways called nuclear pores dramatically ...
Better health for patients with enlarged hearts
A University of Texas at Arlington multidisciplinary team will use a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to research new ...
Researchers map rotating spiral waves in live human hearts
Electrical signals tell the heart to contract, but when the signals form spiral waves, they can lead to dangerous cardiac ...
In wake of tragedy, American College of Cardiology, Foodsmart, Higi, the Buffalo Healthy Corner Store Initiative launch Buffalove Caring Hearts Initiative
The American College of Cardiology has joined forces with Foodsmart, Higi and the Healthy Corner Store to launch the Buffalove ...
Spiral wave teleportation theory offers new path to defibrillate hearts, terminate arrhythmias
A spiral wave of electrical activity in the heart can cause catastrophic consequences. One spiral wave creates tachycardia — a ...
Are COVID-19-linked arrhythmias caused by viral damage to the heart’s pacemaker cells?
The SARS-CoV-2 virus can infect specialized pacemaker cells that maintain the heart’s rhythmic beat, setting off a self-destruction process within ...
UTSW study finds mechanical hearts can regenerate some heart tissue
Mechanical hearts spur some regeneration in dormant parts of failing hearts, according to a UT Southwestern pilot study that shows ...
Strobe light for 5G: NIST imaging system spotlights the tiny mechanical hearts at the core of every cellphone
Inside every cellphone lies a tiny mechanical heart, beating several billion times a second. These micromechanical resonators play an essential ...
Synthetic tissue can repair hearts, muscles, and vocal cords
Combining knowledge of chemistry, physics, biology, and engineering, scientists from McGill University develop a biomaterial tough enough to repair the ...
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Anu, previously gropod, awarded nearly $1 million competitive grant from the National Science Foundation
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International group of scientists warns nuclear radiation has devastating impacts on ecosystems
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New experimental treatment can stop the growth of schwannoma tumors
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal
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In search of the invisible galaxy
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Latin American and Caribbean researchers detail colonialism in ornithology