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Python heart muscles ramp up their force to sustain metabolic activity to maintain increased metabolism during feeding.

Discover how to grow mini-organs for the advanced investigation of in vivo processes.

Biogerontologist Matt Kaeberlein studies aging pets to determine how to improve healthspan in dogs and their humans.

Extra copies of four interferon receptor genes found on human chromosome 21 trigger developmental changes in a mouse model of Down syndrome.

The sympathetic nervous system influences gene expression in the heart to regulate the day-night cycle of resting heart rate.

Researchers find that an increased heart rate can induce anxiety in mice, given the right context.

In flies and mice, a viral protein increases the rate of energy use by heart cells. But it’s not yet clear if the finding applies to humans.

Scientific publishers get involved in a scandal at Temple University that has so far produced one retraction for image manipulation, a university-led investigation, and a lawsuit by one of the researchers involved.

A study’s authors say their oxygenating cocktail may lead to technologies that preserve organs in deceased people for longer periods for transplantation.

An analysis of human data from the UK biobank also finds an association between Y chromosome loss and heart disease in men.

A novel atlas reveals region-specific links between structural, mechanical, and genetic properties within the heart.

Hector Cabrera Fuentes, a renowned cardiovascular researcher, collaborated with Russian intelligence agents for more than a year, prosecutors said.

Experts have a decent grasp on how COVID-19 impacts cardiovascular health in the near term. The implications of long COVID, however, remain mysterious.

The procedure, performed last Friday, is a milestone in a long effort to boost the number of organs available for safe transplantation.

Specialized immune cells generated in vivo reduce cardiac scar tissue in mice, a new study shows.

Researchers link a missense mutation in the B4GALT1 gene to lower levels of LDL cholesterol and the blood clotting factor fibrinogen.

Health authorities in both countries announced that people under certain age cutoffs are now ineligible for the Spikevax COVID-19 shot due to its association with heart inflammation.

Explore tissue-specific protocols for growing organoids from primary tissue or stem cells.

A chronically stressed amygdala can prime the heart to overreact to acute stress events, a new study shows.