A variety of preclinical and clinical studies using different cell types have demonstrated variable degrees of improvement in cardiac function in models of acute myocardial infarction (MI ...

Only cardiac muscle tissue, comprising cells called myocytes, is present in the heart. In this article, we discuss the structure and function of cardiac muscle tissue. We also cover medical ...

Members of Theme Six are developing stem cell and cellular reprogramming strategies to treat cardiovascular diseases such as infarction in situ. The goal is to use viral vectors to induce ...

“This is a different approach to repairing damaged cardiac tissue,” said Scot Matkovich, a molecular biologist at Washington University in St. Louis who was not involved in the research. In contrast ...

Hormonal control of reproduction Hormones control ... are exchanged between the blood and the cells across their walls. Structure and function of the heart In this Higher Human Biology revision ...