Scientists have uncovered new evidence showing how type 2 diabetes directly reshapes the human heart, altering both its energy production and physical structure.

When heart muscle gets damaged, the result is often permanent. Unlike other muscles in the body, the heart has long been believed to lack the ability to heal itself. But recent research suggests that ...

After severe heart failure, the ability of the heart to heal by forming new cells is very low. However, after receiving treatment with a supportive heart pump, the capacity of a damaged heart to ...

DANVERS, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Abiomed (NASDAQ: ABMD) announces the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the company's investigational device exemption application to start ...

Robert Montgomery, MD, DPhil, (left) the H. Leon Pachter, MD, Professor and chair of the Department of Surgery and director of the NYU Langone Transplant Institute, and Jeffrey Stern, MD, assistant ...

According to The Cornell Chronicle, federal funding for a pediatric heart pump being developed at Cornell University has been restored after a seven-month pause, though the disruption is expected to ...

The heart is the body's hardest-working muscle. Whether you're awake or asleep, or exercising or resting, your heart is always at work. It pumps blood through arteries to deliver oxygen to organs and ...

Another milestone in pig-to-human transplantation has been crossed, with doctors at New York University Langone today announcing the world’s first combination pig kidney and heart pump transplant. The ...

Senior Lecturer and Clinical Academic in Faculty of Medicine, Health & Life Sciences, Swansea University Mammals, from the mighty blue whale to the tiny shrew, inhabit nearly every corner of our ...

Pumping liquids may seem like a solved problem but optimizing the process is still an area of active research. Any pumping application—from industrial scales to heating systems at home—would benefit ...