Researchers at the University of Toronto's Institute of Biomedical Engineering have developed a new method to mature ...

Cierra Walker, a PhD candidate in the both the Materials Science and Engineering Program and Interdisciplinary Quantitative Biology Program at CU Boulder is the first author on a new paper in Nature ...

Human pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) can potentially be cultured to produce any cell or tissue that the body needs to repair itself. However, developing the technology to accomplish this for ...

The body's internal organs, including the heart, are controlled in part by a network of nerves known as the autonomic nervous system (ANS). The ANS is linked to the intrinsic cardiac nervous system ...

The heart is the first organ to form in a developing embryo, and all subsequent life processes depend on its proper function. But a range of genetic and environmental factors can lead to its failure.

The heart is a complex organ that pumps blood throughout the body. It sits in the chest, slightly left of center, behind the breastbone, and between the lungs. A heart that is not healthy does not ...