Only cardiac muscle tissue, comprising cells called myocytes, is present in the heart. In this article, we discuss the structure and function of cardiac muscle tissue. We also cover medical ...

Innovative muscle patches derived from stem cells demonstrate efficacy in heart repair, improving function in primates and a ...

Grafting patches of lab-grown muscle to the surface of the heart could offer a lifeline for people waiting for a transplant.

In their experiment, Xu’s team assembled bundles of heart muscle cells into microscopic three-dimensional spheroids that mimicked the structure and function of the human heart. The team froze ...

Numerous motor and structural proteins compose a highly ordered structure known as the sarcomere ... focuses on unraveling mechanisms of genetic heart and skeletal muscle diseases using animal models, ...