A woman with heart failure was kept alive long enough to receive a heart transplant, in part thanks to newly developed ...

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

Grafting patches of lab-grown muscle to the surface of the heart could offer a lifeline for people waiting for a transplant.

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

Innovative muscle patches derived from stem cells demonstrate efficacy in heart repair, improving function in primates and a ...

A German medical team has developed and tested a possible treatment for people with severe heart failure that could ...

This is especially problematic in cases of blocked blood vessels, which can repeatedly starve large areas of the heart of oxygen and nutrients, killing the cardiomyocytes there. This leads to a ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A stem cell-derived heart patch shows potential for treating advanced heart failure, as demonstrated in rhesus macaques. This engineered heart muscle (EHM) patch ...

During the surgery, the woman's heart was implanted with tiny patches of heart muscle cells, which had been grown from stem cells in a lab. These 10 patches, each comprised of about 400 million ...

A revolutionary clinical trial has shown stem cell-derived muscle patches can be used to treat heart failure. The procedure ...