Now, the new study provides the translational bridge, proving that a human-compatible viral vector can safely and effectively trigger cell division in adult human heart cells. "Heart disease is the ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: With more than 100,000 people in need of an organ transplant in the U.S. alone, scientists have turned toward perfecting human-animal chimeras as a ...

Human skin cells have been reprogrammed into heart valve cells and then used to successfully transplant a pig heart valve into a rodent, led by the research of a Northeastern University professor. The ...

(Nanowerk News) A research team at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science has developed what it believes could be the template for the first building blocks for ...