Pacemaker cells generate electrical impulses, or action potentials, that tell cardiac muscle cells to contract and relax. The pacemaker cells control heart rate and determine how fast the heart ...

Researchers have developed engineered heart muscle allografts from stem cells, showing promising results in repairing heart ...

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

The concept of the cardiac stem cell niche is valuable in conceptualizing why the heart does not heal itself ... of their ready availability and potential use as an allograft.

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