The mechanical environment of smooth muscle cells and the surrounding extracellular matrix orchestrates vascular tone, tissue remodelling and pathology. Smooth muscle cells reside within a fibrous ...

Ischemic heart disease (IHD), also known as coronary artery disease, is a leading cause of death and morbidity in Western ...

Stem cell-derived vascular organoids improved heart function and stimulated microvessel formation in animal models. The ...

Muscle-on-chip systems are three-dimensional human muscle cell bundles cultured on collagen scaffolds. A Stanford University research team sent some of these systems to the International Space Station ...

A new study generated one of the most comprehensive spatially resolved transcriptomic maps of cellular communication between ...

The first comprehensive cell atlas of aging human muscle reveals the intricate genetic and cellular processes behind muscle deterioration and mechanisms to counteract it. How muscle changes with ...

The population across developed countries is getting older and the associated frailty and debilitation are becoming major health problems. This gradual muscle loss is accelerated by the poor capacity ...

Skeletal muscle organoids help scientists bypass bottlenecks in satellite cell production for muscle regeneration research. Researchers typically create organoid models for other biological systems ...