Cardiac muscle tissue, or myocardium, is a type of muscle tissue that forms the heart. It contracts and releases involuntarily and keeps the heart pumping blood around the body. The human body ...

Muscle patches generated from stem cells helped ease heart problems in monkeys and a human patient, in a potential advance ...

Results from rhesus macaques provide solid ground for a first-in-human investigation of heart repair with stem cell-derived ...

As the most important muscle in our body, any serious issues with our heart are considered critical and reason for ...

Following successful tests on rats and rhesus monkeys, the researchers studied their approach on a 46-year-old woman with ...

A patch made from lab-grown muscle cells boosted heart function in monkeys with cardiovascular disease and is now being ...

In "remarkable" work, a patch of engineered heart muscle cells was used to strengthen a patient's heart before transplant.

In particular, our group is focused primarily on cartilage tissue engineering, but will soon be expanding into cardiac muscle tissue engineering.

The lab-grown living tissue integrated with their hearts and ... Trials are continuing with more patients to see whether the ...

Cardiac enzymes are released into the circulation when myocardial necrosis occurs, as seen in myocardial infarction. Myoglobin is released into circulation with any damage to muscle tissue ...