Just like normal tissues, these engineered heart muscles need blood vessels to survive. Creating these blood vessels, a process called vascularisation, has been a big hurdle in tissue engineering. To ...

While the exterior of vertebrate bodies appears bilaterally symmetrical, internal organ positioning and morphology frequently exhibit left-right (L-R) asymmetries. In several vertebrates, including ...

Deciding when to go to the hospital for a rapid heart depends on your health history and how you are feeling overall. A heart rate of 100 beats per minute (bpm) or higher, also known as tachycardia, ...

1 and Aqp8a.1 towards angiogenic sprouting in the zebrafish embryo. By whole-mount in situ hybridization, RNAscope and scRNA-seq, they show that both genes are expressed in endothelial cells in partly ...

A novel system that chases larval zebrafish around an arena with predator robots is enabling scientists to understand how these days-old fish quickly learn in the real world. A novel system ...

First-degree ventricular (heart) block affects the electrical signal that makes the heart beat. It causes a delay in a portion of the heart beat and may lead to a slow heart beat. Healthcare ...

One of the things I’ve learned over the years is that the people in your heart will make you cry—that’s just the way the waterworks work. But nothing approached the way I cried when Rob died.

After parts of Delhi NCR experienced "strong" tremors from a 4.0-magnitude earthquake on Monday morning, National Center for Seismology (NCS) attributed it to “in-situ material heterogeneity”.

A doctor has weighed in on the effect experiencing loving relationships can have on your heart health. "One theory is that being in a loving relationship can raise levels of oxytocin and lower stress ...

Valentine’s Day is all about the hearts: heart-shaped chocolates, cards, balloons and even pizza. But the heart hasn’t always just been a symbol of romance. Across cultures and centuries ...

When it comes to heart attacks, you may envision an older man dramatically clutching his chest, like those scenes in the movies. A heart attack happens when blood flow to your heart becomes ...