Sustainable engraftment of heart muscle cells (cardiomyocytes ... Together, such efforts could unlock the full potential of myocardial remuscularization. — Wolfram-Hubertus Zimmermann is ...

Numerous motor and structural proteins compose a highly ordered structure known as the sarcomere, the basic unit of muscle contraction in heart and skeletal muscles. Sarcomeric myosin heavy chain ...

The heart muscle patches are grown from millions of ... However, the long-term potential of the treatment is as yet unknown, with a clinical trial in 15 patients still ongoing.

“We now have, for the first time, a laboratory-grown biological transplant available which has the potential to stabilize and strengthen the heart muscle,” said study co-author Ingo ...

It's unknown whether diet or exercise can offset these potential heart muscle losses ... his colleagues at Alberta conclude. The call to action is supported by another recent paper, published ...

People with pockets of fat hidden inside their muscles are at a higher risk of dying or being hospitalized from a heart attack or ... Whilst a number of potential mechanisms are suggested to ...