In the late 1960s, three Weizmann Institute of Science researchers developed several protein-like molecules, called copolymers, that they believed would produce a disease similar to multiple sclerosis ...

Heart disease is often associated with blocked arteries or heart attacks, but not all heart conditions develop the same way. A lesser-known yet potentially lif ...

Michael Gotthardt at the Max Delbrück Center and collaborators are developing a drug to treat a common type of heart failure characterized by impaired cardiac filling. In a recent study, his group and ...

Your heart is one of the most important organs of the body. It pumps oxygenated blood to the body, helps in nutrient delivery in the body, sends oxygen-poor blood to the lungs, receives oxygen-rich ...

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 ...

A muscle patch crafted from stem cells has improved cardiac function in monkeys with heart disease. It is now being tested in a small number of people, with early results from the first recipient ...

Heart symptoms can be mistaken for hormonal changes. Here is how perimenopause, heart attacks and broken heart syndrome ...