The heart requires substantial energy to sustain its contractile function. Cardiomyocytes reach full functional maturity through postnatal development. During this process, key aspects such as fuel ...

Our research suggests that the human heart has adapted to support our upright stance, movement and larger brain. Over the last 10 years, we have been conducting assessments of the cardiovascular ...

A team of biomechanical engineers at the University of New South Wales, working with a colleague from Queensland University of Technology and cardiac surgeons at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, has ...

The heart has long been thought to be controlled solely by the autonomic nervous system, which transmits signals from the brain. The heart's neural network, which is embedded in the superficial layers ...

Researchers mapped 442,239 single nuclei from nonfailing human hearts to chart how cardiac cells change from fetal ...

Organ cross-talk, also known as the organ axis or organ interaction network, plays a vital role in maintaining physiological homeostasis and responding to environmental stimuli. This review ...

Researchers at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences have developed an artificial model of the mitral heart valve ...

An international research team from Swansea University and UBC Okanagan (UBCO) has uncovered a new insight into human evolution by comparing humans' hearts with those of other great apes. Despite ...

"Understanding this system better could lead to new insights into heart diseases and help develop new treatments for diseases such as arrhythmias." The study was conducted on zebrafish, an animal ...

Researchers at the Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah, and the University of Utah School of Medicine, have demonstrated that a gene therapy can ...

In a groundbreaking development, Irish-based researchers have developed a model of a vital heart valve that mimics the ...