The researchers demonstrated that two mutated transcription factors, Stemin and YAP5SA, work in tandem to increase the replication of cardiomyocytes, or heart muscle cells, isolated from mouse hearts.

BACKGROUND: Direct reprogramming of fibroblasts to cardiomyocytes is a potentially curative strategy for ischemic heart ...

A mouse's heart, stripped of cells and rebuilt with human ones, has begun beating again in a further step towards generating human organs for transplant ...

Researchers have successfully repaired damaged mouse hearts using a protein from zebrafish. They discovered that the protein Hmga1 plays a key role in heart regeneration in zebrafish. In mice ...

Mickey Mouse is the latest classic character to receive a horror makeover, thanks to the public domain. Following the somewhat successful (more on that later) Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey ...

A team of scientists at the University of Pittsburgh have hit the mother lode: They've grown human heart tissue that can beat on its own (video below). The process, involving decellularized mouse ...