Heart cells stay fueled up by burning multiple energy sources simultaneously—a unique ability that's crucial to preventing ...

In the event of a heart attack, the affected part of the heart muscle can no longer be supplied with oxygen and nutrients. As ...

Reducing damage to the nuclei of heart muscle cells improved heart function and extended survival in mice with a form of ...

The heart is the hardest-working muscle in the body, beating constantly no matter what the body's energy reserves look like.

Heart muscle appears to carry a backup fuel line: a transporter called MCT1 pipes lactate straight into the mitochondria of ...

Transferring mitochondria from a patient's healthy skeletal muscle to damaged, ischemic heart tissue has been shown to restore heart muscle, increase energy production, and improve ventricular ...

While mostly dispensable to daily life, this process is crucial to preventing heart failure when the heart is stressed. “This appears to be a critical backup system for heart function,” says Gregory ...

A cardiac magnetic resonance study of 71 asymptomatic primary Sjögren syndrome patients found subclinical myocardial ...

PS cell cardiac muscle sheets.This is a regenerative medicine product originating from Japan that has been a topic of ...

Researchers at the Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah, and the University of Utah School of Medicine, have demonstrated that a gene therapy can ...

Exercise intolerance is a defining feature of chronic heart failure, arising not only from impaired cardiac output but also from profound alterations in skeletal muscle structure and metabolism.

The heart is the hardest-working muscle in the body, beating constantly no matter what the body's energy reserves look like.