Startup: Tissue derived from iPS cells can treat heart failure

A Tokyo-based startup said transplants of cardiac muscle cells that it engineered from induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells ...

Automated 3D heart tissue platform speeds up cardiac drug testing

Researchers from Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and the Leiden-based biotech company Ncardia have joined forces to ...
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Myosin-binding protein-C is critical in maintaining heart health, study shows

When a muscle contracts, the parts of a sarcomere "shorten" and come closer together. Each cardiac muscle cell can have over 5,000 sarcomeres, which compounds both the shortening and relaxation events ...
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Human heart regrows muscle cells after heart attack, world-first study shows

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