The human body has sophisticated defenses against the deposition of calcium minerals that stiffen heart tissues, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and collaborators at ...

New research reveals that the human heart has evolved distinct structural and functional traits that set it apart from our closest great ape relatives.

The human heart may have a hidden ability to repair itself Date: November 21, 2024 Source: Karolinska Institutet Summary: After severe heart failure, the ability of the heart to heal by forming ...

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have successfully conducted experiments to treat damage caused by heart attacks in nonhuman primates using gene therapy for the first time.

Rather, their heart muscle undergoes a fibrotic, or thickening, process which causes poor contraction and a susceptibility to arrythmia, which is a problem with the rhythm of the heartbeat.