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

Scientists in Australia made an exciting new finding in a recent study.

In mice, blocking heart-to-brain signals improved healing after a heart attack, hinting at new targets for cardiac therapy.

A new patch developed by Texas A&M University researcher Dr. Ke Huang may offer a way to help the heart heal after a heart attack. The patch uses a unique microneedle system to deliver a therapeutic ...

Pioneering research by experts at the University of Sydney, the Baird Institute and the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in ...

A team of scientists from Harvard Medical School and Duke University has created a new kind of tissue that can change heart activity using only light—no wires, no surgery, no harm. This groundbreaking ...

A major heart attack can change the rest of your life. Even when doctors clear a clogged artery in time, your heart may still struggle to bounce back. Damaged muscle often turns into stiff scar tissue ...

Growing new cells is the holy grail for cardiologists. But this rare heart, frozen in time for 18 years in Sydney, held the key to a first-time discovery.

And it doesn't stop at heart tissue damage repair. “By enhancing DNA repair, we can heal tissue damage that occurs during a heart attack,” Ibrahim said. “We are particularly excited because TY1 also ...

A team at Massachusetts General Hospital uncovered that an immune defense protein, Resistin-like molecule gamma, attacks heart cells after a heart attack—literally punching holes in them. This ...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S. and the world, and damage to the heart is hard to repair – often requiring surgery. But what if other treatments like gene therapy could offer ...