A groundbreaking biodegradable heart patch promises to repair damaged heart muscle by merging with tissue and dissolving ...

Using models derived from human cells and tissues, called in vitro models, researchers designed a 3D organoid model that mimics how the human heart develops. The researchers saw how exposure to low ...

The Science Siblings are celebrating Heart Month with some facts and a DIY model. “For example, the size of your heart is about the same size as your fist. And also, the average heart weighs between ...

SAND SPRINGS, Okla. — A Sand Springs high school student played an important role in creating a needed training tool for Warren Clinic Maternal and Fetal Medicine. They now have a 3D fetal heart model ...

At 3 weeks old, Samantha underwent the first of four surgeries for congenital single-ventricle heart disease. She had been diagnosed before birth with the rare birth defect that left only half of her ...

Engineers developed a procedure to 3D print a soft and flexible replica of a patient's heart. These models could help doctors tailor treatments, such as aortic valves, to an individual patient. No two ...

To explore possible treatments for various diseases, either animal models or human cell cultures are usually used first; ...