Northwestern Medicine scientists have developed a new way to measure heart contraction and electrical activity in engineered human heart tissues, according to findings published in Science Advances.

Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists who arranged for 48 human bioengineered heart tissue samples to spend 30 days at the International Space Station report evidence that the low gravity conditions in ...

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The University of Akron's BETA Lab received a grant from the American Heart Association to help develop new, less invasive heart valve implants.

Jianyi "Jay" Zhang, M.D., Ph.D., brought his biomedical engineering expertise to the University of Alabama at Birmingham to fix hearts. His dream -- and the dream of other heart experts at major ...

The human heart has been found to show signs of aging after a mere month in space. Heart tissue samples aboard the International Space Station (ISS) were discovered to beat only around half as ...

Accurately measuring electrical signals and calcium levels in the heart can lead to earlier treatment of potentially fatal conditions, such as heart attack or congestive heart failure. Calcium plays ...

Research indicates that uniform materials could be the culprit of deadly infections that can occur when using synthetic materials for cardiovascular grafts.