Newborns with heart complications can rely on their newly developed immune systems to regenerate cardiac tissues, but adults ...

Mathematical models were then applied to calculate regeneration levels. In hearts damaged by heart failure, the regeneration rate of cardiomyocytes was found to be 18–50 times lower than in a ...

Heart attacks are dangerous not just because of the initial event, but the long-term damage afterwards. Now scientists have discovered a dormant gene that could be reactivated to regenerate heart ...

Once the heart matures, the cardiomyocytes stop dividing, meaning that you end up with a fixed population. Any damage to the heart due to injury or infection does not get repaired, meaning damage ...

A new study has identified an enzyme that plays an important role in breaking down unneeded or damaged proteins in the heart -- an important process for maintaining heart health. A new study has ...

Scientists have been looking for ways to introduce new cells into damaged hearts for years, as a way to repair it and reduce the risk of progression to heart failure. But historically, when cells have ...