Scientists from QIMR Berghofer's Cardiac Bioengineering Lab have developed lab-grown, three-dimensional heart tissues known ...

Scientists have found a novel way that includes a new lab-grown material that could help slow and even reverse some of the ...

Heart failure (HF) is a growing global health concern, affecting more than 64 million people worldwide. It develops when the heart can no longer pump enough blood to meet the body's demands, often due ...

New research reveals that autism and congenital heart disease may share a common biological basis—tiny cellular structures called cilia.

Born into a world of hyperconnectivity and AI, Generation Alpha faces neurological and emotional realities no curriculum was ...

Methods and Results— We assessed measures of cardiac structure and function in 4419 participants without prevalent coronary heart disease or heart failure who attended the Atherosclerosis Risk In the ...

Figure 1 The elastic laminae of the aortic media provides structural support and elasticity to the aorta. In normal tricuspid valve patients (A), fibrillin-1 microfibrils tether smooth muscle cells to ...

Aortic valve insufficiency may be caused by abnormalities of the leaflets, the root, or a combination of both. In some patients, the primary pathology is confined to the aortic root itself, the ...

Myocardial lipotoxicity, thrombosis, altered endothelial function, compression by fat tissue, diastolic dysfunction, increased afterload and filling pressures may all play a role. 27 Changes in ...

Quick facts Ruminant stomachs have four compartments: the rumen, the reticulum, the omasum and the abomasum. Rumen microbes ferment feed and produce volatile fatty acids, which is the cow’s main ...

Calf muscles are called “second heart" because they help keep blood circulating in the body. Cardiologist advises walking breaks to keep calf muscles pumping.