When someone suffers a heart attack, their heart is left permanently scarred and thus less capable of pumping blood. According to a new study, however, a protein injection could help undo such damage.

Heart cells derived from human stem cells stained for muscle protein (green) and nuclei (blue). CREDIT: Image courtesy of Parvin Forghani, PhD, Emory University larger image Heart disease may be the ...

Scientists develop a microneedle bandage for cardiac tissue regeneration using the mussel adhesive protein (MAP). Damaged cardiac wall is regenerated by delivering biofunctional peptides to the ...

Heart disease may be the leading cause of death in the United States, but researchers from Emory University are working toward a solution. The team will leverage the International Space Station (ISS) ...

Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists who arranged for 48 human bioengineered heart tissue samples to spend 30 days at the International Space Station report evidence that the low gravity conditions in ...

Mount Sinai's Cardiovascular Research Institute is sending bioengineered human heart muscle cells and micro-tissues into space for the first time on NASA's 29 th SpaceX commercial resupply services ...

A new biomaterial that can be injected intravenously, reduces inflammation in tissue and promotes cell and tissue repair. The biomaterial was tested and proven effective in treating tissue damage ...